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KarateKick

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Earthworms in the summer
« on: July 18, 2017, 04:32:55 PM »
I have been digging in various places and haven't found a single earthworm. Can anyone advise where I can find some?
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Fish Assassin

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2017, 04:45:57 PM »
Pour some soapy water on your lawn and you will see them come out.
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2017, 04:46:15 PM »
I just did some edging under my cedar hedges. About 80-90 ft worth. They were everywhere along the shady side. The area gets watered deep once a week and they were under the grass before I pulled it all up.
This was 3 days ago.
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2017, 05:32:31 PM »
They flee the soap, eh? I would think you should have some clean water handy to immediately rinse them.
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KarateKick

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2017, 06:40:23 PM »
Thanks guys!

I've tried digging in the wet soil beside the local pond, and even that soil had no worm. >:(

I'll try wetting a piece cardboard with soapy water and leaving it next to Noah's hedges.  :)
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Blood_Orange

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2017, 12:34:22 AM »
Quote from: Fish Assassin on July 18, 2017, 04:45:57 PM
Pour some soapy water on your lawn and you will see them come out.

Who can afford a place, let alone one with a lawn?  :'(
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2017, 06:55:17 AM »
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Knnn

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2017, 09:54:34 AM »
Some tackle stores sell them.  I know Highwater in NV does.  My wife bought some for her chickens, then she could not bare to see them harmed and released them into the wild.  sigh  .....  ::)

Do you have a compost, there will be lots in there.
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2017, 11:13:35 AM »
Army and Navy sells em ready to eat.
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KarateKick

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2017, 02:28:55 PM »
Quote from: halcyonguitars on July 19, 2017, 11:13:35 AM
Army and Navy sells em ready to eat.

Yummy! Do you remember the price?
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halcyonguitars

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2017, 11:49:45 AM »
Not offhand, but the convenience of just grabbing a dozen big fat juicy ones offset the price...
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Noahs Arc

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2017, 01:22:06 PM »
Depends. My kids love nothing more then digging worms, pumping bugs, and wearing nitrile gloves squishing some eggs that fall off the skein while I cure them.
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2017, 03:56:34 PM »
Who can afford a place, let alone one with a lawn?

Park?
Meridian?
Boulevard?
Condo Grounds?
Any other green space nearby?
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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2017, 04:20:56 PM »
forest, under rotting logs
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clarki

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Re: Earthworms in the summer
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2017, 11:24:04 AM »
This rain may be the ticket to picking up some nightcrawlers, although there might not have been enough...

Growing up in Ontario, I would get my fishing worms at night, at the local golf course, after a summer's rain (little bit of trivia, that course was Mike Weir's home course). The nightcrawlers would be thick on top of the short grass and it was easy pickin's. There never seemed to be many on my lawn at home,  but the golf course was the bomb. I even got so serious about it that I would strap 2 coffee tins to my legs and wear a head lamp so my hands were free and I could just walk and pick. The trifecta was to get a mating pair of worms in each hand at the same time and land all 4 of them.

So, it may be worth it to head out late tonight, well after dark, to some grassy areas with a flashlight and see what has popped up.
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