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What is the best thing to feed European Nightcrawlers?
European Nightcrawlers eat a diet rich in garbage and are great for composting kitchen scraps. Many feed European Nightcrawlers chicken egg laying mash to ensure proper calcium levels. I prefer to feed calcium rich greens and the powders offered here.
How do you raise European Nightcrawlers?
How Do I Farm European Nightcrawlers?
- Purchase large, plastic bins to house your worms.
- Place 8 to 10 inches of dampened peat moss into each of your bins.
- Add your starter worms to the bins.
- Place the bins in a cool, dark place.
- Feed your worms food scraps or grains.
- Measure the pH of the bins daily.
How often should you feed euro Nightcrawlers?
Plan to feed your outdoor composting worms about once every 2 or 3 weeks. Be careful not to overfeed your worms. Night crawlers eat decomposing matter, or anything finely ground and soggy enough to be consumed.
What is the best bedding for Nightcrawlers?
10 Bedding Materials Your Worms Will Love
- Shredded brown cardboard.
- Shredded paper (not bleached white office paper)
- Shredded newspaper (not colored)
- Aged compost.
- Aged horse or cow manure.
- Coco coir.
- Peat moss.
- Straw and hay.
What should I Feed my worms in my Nightcrawlers?
You should equally spread it throughout the cup, and you can also try to feed your worms by putting the coffee grounds on their top. You can also use other worm food like fruit and vegetable scraps, tea bags, pasta, bread, dry leaves, and other suitable foods for worms.
What kind of food does a European Night Crawler eat?
European Night Crawlers dig deeper than red worms, however they are still considered top feeders. In other words they thrive closer to the surface layer of top soil; close to decomposing vegetative organic matter. Euros prefer just about any decaying matter. Decaying leaves, grasses, wood,…
Is the European Night Crawler a good worm farm?
Euros are pretty hardy, love table scraps, and grow quite large. If you plan on raising bait worms the Euro is the perfect choice. So whether it is composting, raising bait worms, producing worm castings, or simply enjoying an eco friendly hobby it’s hard to beat the European Night Crawler when it comes to stocking your worm farm.
Do you have to bury food for Nightcrawlers?
No you do not have to bury food for nightcrawlers. They live in permanent tunnels and will come to the surface to collect food and bring it back down to their burrows. Interestingly enough, you will rarely see a nightcrawler come all the way out of its tunnel.