Worms

[EddieJ]

Hi guys any one know anything about raising and keeping your own worms   is it worth it or is it best to buy them as you need them Eddie

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I get loads from my old plastic waste bin. Its full of lovely bloodworm.
I feed it with household scrap's. A compost-bin wormery.
Get a few fly's around it in the summer.  

[BUDGIE]

Dont you mean redworms mate?

[BUDGIE]

Try this article-

www.anglersnet.co.uk/authors/leon11.htm

[EddieJ]

Great link Budgie thanks will give it a try

Eddie

[boilie]

Buy a couple of pots of Dendrobaenas and put em in your composter/wormery and add grass cuttings and waste veg/friut/teabags e.t.c.
Let nuture take its course and hey ho its free worms and off fishing you go.

[EddieJ]

Boilie
in laymans terms what are Dendrobaenas ?how do i get hold of any  

Eddie

[Andrew Burgess]

EddieJ said:

Boilie
in laymans terms what are Dendrobaenas ?how do i get hold of any
Eddie

Eddie here are some things you should know about them!

Dendrobaena
Also known as Dendros and the European Nightcrawler, are rapidly becoming the most popular worm used, they are tough, lively, wriggle and twist on the hook unlike any other bait.

They should not be confused with the Canadian Nightcrawler, which, usually look like they have been through a washing machine on a very hot wash. Nor should they be confused with the Alien Nightcrawlers that were in the film Men In Black 2!!! Dendros are usually big, fat and juicy, but don't talk! ;D

Not only can Dendrobaena be used in coarse angling but in sea angling too. They will live in very cold water for a long time. Ice fishing under 12 inches (300 mm) of ice these worms are still very active, even after 30 minutes in freezing temperatures. They can live in normal temperature water, fully immersed, for about 3 weeks. ;D

The really big dendros are an excellent replacement for Lob worms, which are more expensive, hard to get in an active condition and difficult to keep fresh and alive.
Dendro worms can be stored easily with a bit of care, providing they are in a reasonable sized container with some (very small!) air holes and some moist peat, out of direct sunlight and somewhere cool like a garage, they will live quite happily for weeks, no need to keep them refrigerated.

My all time favourite worms are the Red Worms. ;D

Red Worms (Lumbricus rubellus), as its name suggests, is a dark red colour. Do not confuse it with the brandling or Tiger worm, the red worm does not have an acidic smell.

The red worm is a very good composting worm. In sunlight, it is a very active wriggler and is thought by many fishermen to be irresistible to fish. Redworms are very effective at aerating and mixing the soil, and consume a large amount of organic material, although less than red wigglers. They are also known as Red worms, blood worms, ,red wriggler, brandling and manure worms.

Their official names are Eisenia foetida and Lumbricus rubellus. Red worms are best suited for composting because they thrive on organic material such as food waste, found in aged manure, compost heaps, and piles of leaves.Earthworms, on the other hand, are better suited to life in the soil and shouldn't be used in a worm bin.

You can get your worms from an existing compost bin, purchase them or find a horse stable or farmer with an aged manure pile.

Red worms mature sexually in 60-90 days and can then produce cocoons, which take 21 days to hatch baby worms. Once they start breeding they can deposit two to three cocoons per week with two baby worms in each cocoon. The limits on their reproduction include availability of food and room to move and breed. So worm populations don't usually exceed the size of the container.

Will tell you later where to get them ;D