Thanks for sharing @Heritagefarms Iv never heard of that species before looks slightly different in that the veneta appears to have more distinct banding along the entire length of the body… interesting , bigger also from the looks of it.
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If you noted in the first post or two of this thread I also add organic amendment from time to time which I believe helps a lot also . A little peat , coco, and some aeration and EWC and you already have some good homemade soil probably better than anything you can buy in bulk IMO
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Wrong thread…lol…sorry. still getting nightcrawlers today.
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You are local in the GTA aren’t you?
Maybe try:
I plan on talking to her ASA I get my grow room overhauled. The worm bins looked good, the worms seemed pricey but I’m old and complain about most pricing I see. 
Cheers
G
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I know our walmart has both nightcrawlers and red wiggles. I ordered mine online though.
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I’m in winnipeg…found thewormlady from Hamilton or Sudbury (I think)…but I cant justify paying shipping for worms…lol.
I’ll find some somewheres.
Edit. Found some on kijiji. $20 for an ice cream pail full!!! The $10 cups have 100 worms…so the pail has gotta be an already thriving bunch of worms!!!
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Everything looks good in here. I’ll update my bin on a few.
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Heard breeding Canadian nightcrawlers is hard…red wrigglers coming monday!! These nightcrawlers got huge!! Fast!!! Maybe 10 inches long and 1 inch around…look like fuckin snakes!!!
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LOL, I see your ‘security’ is making a sweep 
Cheers
G
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That would be a juicy morsel for a fish looking for a snack!.. that might be a full meal in its self!
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Told my bro to stop buying bait…you can slice these bitchers into thirds and still have enough for 3 pickerel rigs
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We’ve had a commercial worm bin for like 10 years and I’ve learned how I’ve been doing it all wrong now! Europeans must be forgiving because they’ve been just chilling and eating everything we have been top feeding.
How much will I gain adding the same ingredients I put in my living soil? Granted if the casting are mainly just to make living soil, maybe not much. Will it really supercharge castings in use for top dressings and teas? All the macro and micros should be in all the veggies anyhow right? Is it a concentration difference? Totally great thread has my mind turning. Good medicine surely helps 
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I top dress my no til ingredients into the worm bin. You have to watch adding too much because it can make some “hot” castings. Killed some seedlings because I mixed it with promix at my usual rate for a seed starter.
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I’ve fortified both my compost bins and worms bins with dry amendments Iv picked this little tip up from a clackmas coot pod cast in the past … I’m not one that adds addition amendments through a grow cycle so I think is does make a big difference in the end.
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I read about how he uses airpots and let’s them sit for a year to make his castings. One of these days when I’m not renting I’m going to try that. I’ve been looking for a comfrey plant, but it seems to not be common because I can’t find one. Coots info was what got me into mixing my own living soil. My understanding has come a long way from back when I thought fox farms was organics at its finest.
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Ya living soil just keeps getting better the stuff in my boxes looks top notch now I’d wager that my plant growth is a direct result of it I haven’t seen this in 4 years thiskind of growth on any of my stuff in that time frame.
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I run two 25 gallon fabric smart pots think I spent less the 20$ on both best investment for the worms! They are on the shade side of the house I then put them on a half cut pallets so they get maximum air all around makes a big difference IMO.
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I’ve done this in the past with 50 gallons smart pots for about a year. I mix up something similar to Coots notil formula but with more leaf mold from a friend. It’s not good for the worms but the compost is amazing. I’m still using it over a year later. I stored it in rubbermaid bins in my basement.
I think I would add extra perlite for the worms. More aeration would help because it tends to turn to concrete the last 90 days or so. Most of the worms die off.
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I’ve been cutting it with 25-50% promix for top dressing and soil mixing. I think it helps stabilize the PH.
Oh and dont forget the lime. Wormcastings need a little PH buffering.
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Awesome info guys. I want to get my mother setup with some smart pots and get her started. She would dig having a worm farm. I have never buffered my castings one bit. Won’t the soil buffer enough? I never saw any lime in coots recipe, so I never thought of that. I know sphagnum is a bit acidic to start with, but the thought that ganja liked a bit of acidic conditions.
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