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From: "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu_at_wctc.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Grindle worms
> I did have some potting soil, but most of the good stuff come with stuff
> added like ferilizer. No good. And the generic cheap stuff I bought
actually
> had bob wire, rocks and all sorts of junk in it. Sooo, I started
recycleing
> the bedding in worm containers from the bait shops I use as feeders and
for
> fishing. I just dump it in a shoe box, and keep crushing it down, letting
it
> dry out good at the mean time. I then pour this into smaller flat trays
and
> add water, until I get the right mixture. Then add worms. If it is still
> lumpy, the worms eventually break it down into a smoother layer. I just
> harvest worms off the surface of the mud.
>
> Another note on what Moon might have going on in his cultures. That might
be
> a couple years worth of grindle worm castings. My oldest cultures are
shiny
> on top, and its like a rubber sheet. I don't mind it, though it does stink
> sometimes, but if mites show up, a light flooding and they pour right off.
>
> If you don't use enough worms from bait stores, you can order the worm
mix,
> and mix it half worm mix, one quarter peat ( dont' care what the worm
sites
> say, peat works fine as long as its not 100%), and the rest some baked top
> soil. Find a corner of your yard with good black dirt. Spread this on a
> cookie sheet and broil it in the oven for a couple hours. This will kill
all
> the seeds and other pests that might live in it. Being really dried, it
can
> be crumbled into a workable almost powder then ( don't breath in the
dust!).
> You can use all soil, or soil half and half with peat, or half and half
with
> the worm bedding. The thing is it needs to be not too acidic, hold
moisture,
> but breath ( no clay or sand only mixes) and be fine so that the worms can
> work through it all.
> Ray
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