Comments on: Alabama Jumpers, The Jumping Worm! http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/ Helpful information on worm composting and vermiculture. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-3856 Bruce Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:12:30 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-3856 Email or call me and I will see what I can do to help. Bruce Email or call me and I will see what I can do to help.

Bruce

]]> By: tsimothy sa;isbury http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-3840 tsimothy sa;isbury Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:46:52 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-3840 bruce i also having trouble finding all the material i bought yor 14 day program and really need some help . bruce i also having trouble finding all the material i bought yor 14 day program and really need some help .

]]> By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Bruce Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:41:24 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-761 Jim You can call me tomorrow and I will discuss the Alabama Jumpers with you. Eventually I will write a book on these guys as I have learned a lot about them and there is no information on how to raise them out there. Seems I learn something new about them by trial and error, however not really an error, more like a slow down in production with these worms. As for the cocoons and small African nightcrawlers, yes they are small. I was just checking on some that were in the incubator bin that just hatched. Talk with you tomorrow, Bruce Jim

You can call me tomorrow and I will discuss the Alabama Jumpers with you. Eventually I will write a book on these guys as I have learned a lot about them and there is no information on how to raise them out there. Seems I learn something new about them by trial and error, however not really an error, more like a slow down in production with these worms.

As for the cocoons and small African nightcrawlers, yes they are small. I was just checking on some that were in the incubator bin that just hatched.

Talk with you tomorrow,

Bruce

]]> By: Jim Hunt http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Jim Hunt Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:21:01 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-760 Hi Bruce, If you're waiting to write and sell another e-book, that's fine--I don't expect you to do all that work for nothing. But if you're willing to share the basics (publicly or privately) of "raising Alabama Jumpers prolifically" It would help me to know if I should go ahead and start working with them or wait until later. Either way, thanks for all the information you HAVE given away as well as the 14 Day E-Book. I finally found out that I wasn't seeing African egg casings and baby worms because they were too small to see without magnification. Those things are tiny! Jim Hi Bruce,
If you’re waiting to write and sell another e-book, that’s fine–I don’t expect you to do all that work for nothing. But if you’re willing to share the basics (publicly or privately) of “raising Alabama Jumpers prolifically” It would help me to know if I should go ahead and start working with them or wait until later.
Either way, thanks for all the information you HAVE given away as well as the 14 Day E-Book. I finally found out that I wasn’t seeing African egg casings and baby worms because they were too small to see without magnification. Those things are tiny!
Jim

]]> By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Bruce Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:05:38 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-751 Jim Probably one of the easiest ways to identify them is by their action. The wiggle hard and fast when first disturbed, sometimes causing them to break in two. The Alabama Jumper also slithers more like a snake than a worm. Another feature I have noticed is the almost constant motion of their tongue when picked up. It is a tubular shaped tongue, one which you have to look for to notice. I have some newer pictures posted on the <a href="http://alabamajumpers.com/alabama-jumpers-and-their-ability-to-adapt-to-different-environments/" rel="nofollow">Alabama Jumpers</a> website which may also help you identify them. Bruce Jim

Probably one of the easiest ways to identify them is by their action. The wiggle hard and fast when first disturbed, sometimes causing them to break in two. The Alabama Jumper also slithers more like a snake than a worm. Another feature I have noticed is the almost constant motion of their tongue when picked up. It is a tubular shaped tongue, one which you have to look for to notice.

I have some newer pictures posted on the Alabama Jumpers website which may also help you identify them.

Bruce

]]> By: Jim Hunt http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Jim Hunt Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-747 Is there an easy way to identify Alabama Jumpers? Is there an easy way to identify Alabama Jumpers?

]]> By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Bruce Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:51:41 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-742 John Yes they should. As many know I have been raising the Alabama Jumpers in a controlled environment and have taken much interest in them. Contrary to what has been stated online, we have found Alabama Jumpers living in the north east as far north as New York and Massachusetts in the wild on farms, garden areas... Under the right conditions, plenty of food, protection from the weather and right amount of moisture they have adapted to live in the colder regions of the United States. Bruce John

Yes they should. As many know I have been raising the Alabama Jumpers in a controlled environment and have taken much interest in them. Contrary to what has been stated online, we have found Alabama Jumpers living in the north east as far north as New York and Massachusetts in the wild on farms, garden areas… Under the right conditions, plenty of food, protection from the weather and right amount of moisture they have adapted to live in the colder regions of the United States.

Bruce

]]> By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Bruce Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:38:29 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-738 Philip Just curious if you have an update to how things are working out? Bruce Philip

Just curious if you have an update to how things are working out?

Bruce

]]> By: Philip Vanderhoofven http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Philip Vanderhoofven Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:42:09 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-706 I'm in Hawaii and two days ago found out that a family of "Amynthas gracilis" (Alabama Jumpers) had moved into a lunchbox sized planter which I had just filled with potting soil mix to sprout papaya seeds the week before. The little planter was sitting on the soil next to the house, so the worms migrated there crawling up through the drainage holes. I discovered them when transplanting the little papaya seedlings. Last month I had bought a "Worm Factory 360" with a very small mixed population of "Perionyx excavatus" (Indian Blues) and Eisenia fetida (Red Wigglers). (maybe 20 worms total) Since, the Alabama Jumpers moved into the little planter I decided to add them to my bin with the Red wigglers and the Blues. Not sure what is going to happen. I’m in Hawaii and two days ago found out that a family of “Amynthas gracilis” (Alabama Jumpers) had moved into a lunchbox sized planter which I had just filled with potting soil mix to sprout papaya seeds the week before. The little planter was sitting on the soil next to the house, so the worms migrated there crawling up through the drainage holes. I discovered them when transplanting the little papaya seedlings.
Last month I had bought a “Worm Factory 360″ with a very small mixed population of “Perionyx excavatus” (Indian Blues) and Eisenia fetida (Red Wigglers). (maybe 20 worms total) Since, the Alabama Jumpers moved into the little planter I decided to add them to my bin with the Red wigglers and the Blues. Not sure what is going to happen.

]]> By: john fromm http://wormcompostingblog.com/alabama-jumpers/alabama-jumpers-the-jumping-worm/comment-page-1/#comment-689 john fromm Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:41:42 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=111#comment-689 Will alabama jumpers survive in se ks. under a good layer of hay and acess to 5 to 6 of earth under the hay,after the 5 to 6 ft of earth there is clay colored shell. Thanks John Will alabama jumpers survive in se ks. under a good layer of hay and acess to 5 to 6 of earth under the hay,after the 5 to 6 ft of earth there is clay colored shell. Thanks John

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