how to start worm bed to used for fishing?
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Question by mrgbrtn: how to start worm bed to used for fishing?
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<>I presume you mean a worm farm? You need a container with drainage. A simple one would be a Styrofoam ice chest. Cut a couple holes no larger than 2″ in diameter in the bottom and line the bottom with window screening so the worms can’t escape. Fill the container about 3/4 with a mixture of garden soil and peat moss (about 3:1) and wet it thoroughly (but do not saturate it…you don’t want water pouring out the bottom holes). Add your worms and cover with thoroughly wetted newspaper or a burlap bag (better!). Set the chest on a couple bricks in a cool, dark place (if indoors, place a pan under the holes in the bottom to catch the exudate (which, BTW, is excellent plant food)). Maintenance: Keep the burlap or newspaper moist, but not dripping. You will not need to add any other water unless the container is kept too warm. Once a week, lift the newspaper or burlap and sprinkle some corn meal for food (you will have to experiment with the amount so that it disappears in a day or 2 and doesn’t lay on top getting moldy). Good fishing!
druid
August 3, 2011 at 9:44 am
you can lay out some black plastic lay down like a few post or boards need like 8 inches get some potting soil that dont have any other things in it get your self some worms keep it kind of wet is best to build a cover so it dont get sun and dry out or get to hard you know
infoman89032
August 3, 2011 at 10:39 am
Good Garden variety black dirt, wood box with a cover, shady location and worms. Mix worms and black dirt in box, close lid to shield from weather. Add some water to keep it moist depending on your climate.
mlk682
August 3, 2011 at 11:05 am
I never thought about it, but my dad did this. My mother always dumped used coffee grounds out the back door next to the porch. It was a shady spot. Occasionally my dad would sprinkle corn meal on the coffee grounds. Any time he wanted to go fishing, Dad, would stick a shovel into that bed once and come up with enough of what looked like huge worms to me, to last him and his friends all day.
Little Lulu
August 3, 2011 at 11:57 am
Obviously this suggestion might be far more than you want to engage in, but on our farm, we kept rabbits. The cage was wire bottom, open enough for droppings to fall through. Over time it was turned often, had left over food residue added, grass clippings, and became not only a great source of Huge worms, but also the best planting, potting soil one might ever find.
It was not Raised, nor framed, just a pit in the ground. Certainly the Rabbits weren’t kept Just to breed worms, but their waste was all organic/ all from vegetable matter. To accomplish the same without Rabbits, the process is still a simple one, as others suggest. Most important is NOT “drowning” the BED, and turning the waste you deposit in the bed, on a regular basis. Some food waste also degrades more slowly than vegetable matter, but the worms aid in the decomp process.
Obviously also, without boxing/framing you’ll have a more “free range” worm, but keeping them supplied, will also keep them in that general location.
DIY Doc
August 3, 2011 at 12:10 pm