Glad they arrived safe and sound! Enjoy! 
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We use to keep worms in a cooler after we picked them for months with just layer of dirt /manure topped with leafs and threw lawn clipping in there once in a while
I just got some red wiggler worms on Saturday. I have them in triple stacked 5 gallon buckets. Iām not too hip on bugs or worms, so weāll see how this goes. I sure do want those castings and tea thoughā¦@johnnyPotseed
Do they come up to the surface when they are looking for food?
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Not that much, usually they come up to the surface if they canāt breath. Is the material you put them in too wet, or compacted maybe?
editā¦ Just like after a long hard rain, youāll see them on the groundās surfaceā¦ it got too wet/waterlogged and they have to breath
edit2ā¦ It can be wetā¦ish, but loosen it up for them.
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Yes fellow babies, Red Wigglers, the Cadillac of worms.
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Very nice! I am also wanting to start some worm bins. Buying castings is just too damn expensive for me to keep buying sadly. My concern is keeping them happy/alive in the winter since it gets so damn cold here. Im sure I will figure some method out to suit our needs, but I hope all goes well for you farming them worms!
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past years have been lazy worm picking and have bought countless dozens ā¦one day I turn to the ol lady and said ā¦I should have been saving the dirt that comes with the worms a long time ago ā¦still havenāt saved none
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Red wigglers are damn good. I use a lot of emā¦also them big fat ol earthworms too.
@bassman5420 depends on how bad you want to keep them alive but a thin tipper tote with some heating pads they use for reptile should keep soil warm enough maybe a heat lamp on top
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lol Nightcrawlers in generalā¦letās not be goin ānationalityā now 
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Iām not from up in them parts man but I do buy them Canada crawlers 375 a dozen here ā¦.goood grief
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Thatās a bit expensive!
editā¦ an the red wigglers do the job better than most other worms. Theyāre āthe standardā when it comes to worm castings
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I got caught up in fish talk ā¦my apologies
Honestly for me itās red wormsā¦
They multiply quicker and do all their work in the top few inches of soil, keeping things broken down and aerated and suchā¦
But we are, of course, straying from the āfree seeds, clonesā topic 
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BAIT! now thereās a whole different ballgame!!
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Is there a fish topic here !?
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Aah thatās a good idea, did not think about using one of these seedling heat mats to assist. Iām sure that would do the job indeed.
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Actually yes, there is a fish thread on OG lol just go to the homepage and search it
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We have topics for everything lol if we donāt, make one! 
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