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2 hours ago, Garnet said:

Don't use road worms they have road rash . Will contaminate your good worms and all will die. 

Been using road worms for over 20 years....once I got too lazy to collect them at night with a flashlight and have never had a problem. I collect them after a rain and they go straight into fresh moss I pick out of my back yard with a sprinkle of corn meal to feed them.  Then they are in my fridge until I use them. Generally get used up quickly but I have had them in the fridge for 2 months without a problem, just have to give them some more cornmeal every once in a while. In all this time I might of had a dozen dead ones. Maybe our street here doesn't have any harmful chemicals on the pavement or whatever causes the worms to be contaminated?

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I picked up a bar fridge yesterday for $20. I am hoping to stock up before the marina on Nipissing opens up at the end of May. I will be out tonight picking. When I was young I used to bend over while picking worms, now I am on all fours with a head light. My back isn't what it used to be.

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14 minutes ago, Lukasaurus said:

I picked up a bar fridge yesterday for $20. I am hoping to stock up before the marina on Nipissing opens up at the end of May. I will be out tonight picking. When I was young I used to bend over while picking worms, now I am on all fours with a head light. My back isn't what it used to be.

I laugh cuz I feel yer pain . Same boat.  LOL

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I made small fortune selling dew worms. Dad thought it was crazy Idea we lived on HWy 2 west of Whitby. Started out at 1 cent a worm then up price to 2 cents, I got nice french fry box for worms.

Most where repeat customers if I wasn't home they got there Worms and left money in door I'd have $5- 10 some days. 1967 my dad was driving truck for $95 a week. Bought my parents a frig and later a stand up freezer. Think everybody in family had it at some time.

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21 hours ago, KraTToR said:

My dealer has a good supply and they are especially big this spring.  He did state that due to the pandemic, stocks are low and prices will climb. 

Gawd I hate bending over tho..

I bought a ton of beautiful crawlers in Amherstburg last week, they had coolers full.  Cheap like Borscht too.  Let’s hope that remains the same.

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The commercial people raise African red worms they are a lot more hardy. They are more pointed and red than dew worms.

Don't know any golf course picking anymore.

I ran my worm bis 2-3 years. Made fortunes and even loan sharked my parents friends I never liked them so interest was atrocious.

I picked on bus in Columbus for couple weeks even young maybe 15-16 tough way to make money. The bus stopped across the road from our house so easy.

Can't remember last time I used worms.

   

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52 minutes ago, Garnet said:

The commercial people raise African red worms they are a lot more hardy. They are more pointed and red than dew worms.

I remember way back getting these worms I think. They did not need to be refrigerated . Kept in a warm place. I put the ones I had on top of some ducting. They were gone when I grabbed the box 2 days later. Think it was hotter then warm. They evaporated . LOL

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