Does anyone know of a source for worms that are bigger than the red wiggler that do well in bins or pits?

-- Don Cothern (hihilldon@yahoo.com), March 03, 2000

Answers

I once read a really funny article by Dave Barry on Canadian Giant Worms and the next day when I walked into a country store which sold fishing bait, I was surprised to see a big sign, advertising that they were selling these worms. They had them in the refrigerator. I looked in the package and they were enormous and moving very slowly, so I bought a container full of them. I released them in my compost heap and they did well there, also spread throughout my garden, giving me a real thrill from time to time when I thought I saw a snake, eeeekkk!

I don't know if these worms can be bought from a worm grower or if they are simply "wild worms" but ask your local bait sellers if they have them and if, so, you could try them. They are not really a compost worm. Maybe they are really big night crawlers? Anyway, worth a try if you want big worms because that's what they are!

-- Elizabeth Petofi (tengri@cstone.net), March 28, 2000.

i have also seen those big fat canadian red worms. they dont't seem to be as long as a big red wiggler but they sure are fat. i got them in the sporting goods section at my local wal mart they had them packaged up in a refrigerator behind the gun count

-- dawn weger (chowhuahua@aol.com), May 29, 2000.

I spotted these yesterday: http://www.wormman.com/europeannightcrawlers.htm

-- Paul Wheaton (paul@javaranch.com), December 27, 2000.

i have a worm that i know as a european night crawler, i have seen the worm have several names but this particular breed of red worm is the e. hortensis, it is a large worm that loves manure, is extremely hardy, and mass produces like no other ive seen. ive been raising worms for several yrs and this is my favorite species. this worm is pencil+ thick and ive seen them 11+ inches in my beds. more active than a wiggler and can survive extremely long periods in water. this truely is a superior breed. email me to learn more.

-- barney brinson (bbrinson@comteck.com), March 07, 2001.