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<blockquote data-quote="Colt45" data-source="post: 168911" data-attributes="member: 1693"><p>For what its worth, here is what I do with crawlers. I do pick them every spring, usually in May. I usually quit around 500 or so. I split them in a couple of foam boxes/coolers. I use shredded newspaper for bedding, get it damp with rain water, I never use tap water, and I put 3 layers for rain water soaked newspaper (not shredded) but over the top of the bedding just underneath the lid. I do add worm food, but I think the crawlers eat the shredded newspaper. After getting them in the farm, check them after a day or 2 and pull out every injured/dead one. What remains should be healthy crawlers, but you still need check and sort every once in a while. Once I pull crawlers out of the farm and use them for fishing, I never return them to the farm, I keep the worm bait box in the fridge and just add more crawlers to it as needed from the farm.</p><p>I have successfully kept crawlers up to 9 months with this method. Keep rain water on hand in the event your bedding starts to dry and add rain water as needed over the course of the summer. I have learned the hard way that setting the fridge to cold will result in dead crawlers, so be mindful of your temp setting, mine is set midway and seems to be just right for crawlers.</p><p>And I do change the bedding about once a month, I just shred more newspaper, soak it in rainwater, remove the old bedding and rinse out the box, and replace the bedding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Colt45, post: 168911, member: 1693"] For what its worth, here is what I do with crawlers. I do pick them every spring, usually in May. I usually quit around 500 or so. I split them in a couple of foam boxes/coolers. I use shredded newspaper for bedding, get it damp with rain water, I never use tap water, and I put 3 layers for rain water soaked newspaper (not shredded) but over the top of the bedding just underneath the lid. I do add worm food, but I think the crawlers eat the shredded newspaper. After getting them in the farm, check them after a day or 2 and pull out every injured/dead one. What remains should be healthy crawlers, but you still need check and sort every once in a while. Once I pull crawlers out of the farm and use them for fishing, I never return them to the farm, I keep the worm bait box in the fridge and just add more crawlers to it as needed from the farm. I have successfully kept crawlers up to 9 months with this method. Keep rain water on hand in the event your bedding starts to dry and add rain water as needed over the course of the summer. I have learned the hard way that setting the fridge to cold will result in dead crawlers, so be mindful of your temp setting, mine is set midway and seems to be just right for crawlers. And I do change the bedding about once a month, I just shred more newspaper, soak it in rainwater, remove the old bedding and rinse out the box, and replace the bedding. [/QUOTE]
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