Yes I have a lot to do online. working on some plans for new worm bins I need to build… double deckers, new automated rabbit manure separator… I still have to go by the nursery… they have a neat conveyor belt setup I may buy… help load worm castings into trucks…. and this all should have been done an hour ago.

I do appreciate as it is some good advice and something I really do need to put on my list of things to accomplish one day I thought about cloning myself, however I do believe already knowing myself that the training period would be too long!

As for ordering, if you wish for them to ship next week, then you would need to order by Saturday, 3pm EST. We ship on Monday’s and Tuesdays for the most part. In other words if you ordered today they would not ship until this coming Monday!

Bruce

I wanted to add that you really need to send your prices to froogle. It’s google for shopping products. I was researching for information when I ran up on your sites. Your prices are cheaper than others so you would benefit from being listed on froogle. May help increase your business. Beats waiting on blind luck for a sale.

I’m planning to order my worms Monday. I’m disabled and want to wait until Monday to make sure they don’t have to sit in a post office somewhere over the weekend.

Thanks much.

Dale

I’m going to give the African worms a try. If they don’t make it, I’ll try the European worms next. I just want something big enough that my Mom can bait her hook without poking her fingers. lol

Thanks for the help. Plan to get some worms in a few days.

Dale

Then the African nightcrawler is the way to go since it is larger than the European nightcrawler. The African nightcrawler is smaller than the Canadian night crawler however more active than the Canadian as well as heat tolerant.

The African nightcrawlers we offer are 6″ to 8″ in length when relaxed and longer when stretched out.

The African nightcrawler would actually die overnight if placed in the refrigerator.

Bruce

Which is larger, the European or the African? Not to worried about the length as much as I am the diameter. Mom wants to bait her own hook and always has. She put it this way, if I can’t bait it, I ain’t fishin.

At 74 degrees, I could put them in several rooms in the house. One reason I don’t like the Canadian worms is that they have to be in the fridge. I like to keep food in my fridge.

Thanks again.

Dale

If you kept them between 70 – 75 degress you would be fine for raising and breeding the African nightcrawler. The ideal temp would be right about 74 degrees.

The African nightcrawler is not as large as the Canadian nightcrawler however is more active and can withstand warmer temperatures where as the Canadian nightcrawler cannot. Our African nightcrawlers range in size from 6″ to 8″ in length and even have had some about 10″.

They will reproduce well at the above listed temp and right bedding… food…. supplies.

If they fall below 60 degrees you will begin to lose them.

Bruce

I’m planning to get some worms pretty soon. If I got African night crawlers, what is their lowest temperature? I may could bring them up to my closet if needed in the winter. That would keep them between 65 and 75 or so. The most important thing, I want to know what temps that are comfy in BEFORE I kill them with to much of one or the other. I also want them to be nice and big so my Mom can bait her hook without to much trouble. She’s 77. I bought some Canadian night crawlers locally and they are pretty good size but bigger would be better if there is such a critter.

It would also be nice if they could reproduce while they are in there. I’m disabled so I don’t get fish a whole lot so they will have some time to themselves to eat and etc.

If you still think the European worms would be better, then I’ll plan on them. Just trying to weigh out the options here. Just want them to live and be big.

Thanks for your time and your replies.

Dale

If the max temperature is 80 degrees, the European nightcrawler would probably be the way to go. I say this as the winter temperature you state of 50 degrees is to cold for the African nightcrawlers which are becoming a favorite fishing worm around here. Don’t get me wrong, the European has been a good friend to avid fisherment for the past decade or so in the USA.

These worms can get fat. A good product ofr health, assisting in breeding and fattening up worms is Purina Worm Chow.

Bruce

I’m thinking about getting some worms that I can keep and maybe let reproduce for fishing. I have a room that is partially heated and cooled. Max temp is about 80F or so in the summer and the lowest is about 50 or so in the winter. I heat it with a small heater in the winter and just leave the door open in the summer. The room is mostly for deep freezers. I live in East Central Mississippi just to narrow it down a bit.

Given that temperature range, what would be a good worm to grow? I do need them to be pretty big and fat. I fish for catfish and my Mom goes with me. She has a hard time with small worms. She catches her fingers as much as the worm.

Thanks.

Dale

The smallest amount we offer is 1/4 pound which is roughly 5 to 6 dozen large African nightcrawler worms. you can fine them here.