Anyone use live Canadian Nightcrawlers/worms in their soil? I hear they aerate the soil and provide the castings needed.
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Earthworms are a great addition to your soil. You are correct in aeration and helping enhance the soil by eating and pooping it out.
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Do you have to give them some type of feed?
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Worms primarily eat organic matter, including dead plant material, microbes, both dead and alive. They thrive on items like coffee grounds, tea leaves, eggshells, and shredded newspaper. I may get some being that I’m going to use organic soil. I’d think 3 worms per 5 gallon pot should do.
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@legalgrow You can put peace of bread or fruit on top of soil to help them along it will keep them busy my friend happy growing
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$20 for 100 worms ehh… i dont need that many hehe,
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Just be mindful if you are outdoors. Our chickens and other birds love to scratch around in our pots looking for treats.
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If you want throw some worms in your soil, night crawlers arent the way to go. Red wrigglers are what you want. They are more for composting. I compost for castings. There are many different types of worms, some are destructive and arent good for containers.
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Thanks for the info
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…in your grow bag? 
You can. They aerate the soil, which roots love, they clean up the dirt, leave castings for your plant and wont eat the roots. Earthworms or red wigglers do ok as they are compost worms. Unfortunately you would need like 30 of them per 5 gallon pot. I’m using organic soil, it already has the worm casting in the soil, so I’m skipping the worms for my indoor grow which will start in a week or 2. - I’ll use them in my outdoor grow this spring.
Well damn, may need to dig up some wormies from the compost bins for my next grow.
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Not sure i understand how that would work with the watering schedule. Weed likes a dry out period between waterings, and the worms are going to need moisture in the soil to survive, so the plant will never reach that dry out point. So are the benefits from the worms going to be better than the issues of keeping the soil moist?
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I agree.
Shouldnt really dry to the point they die. Not good for soil life either. My worms in reused soil are over 2 years old and still producing babies.
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If your growing organic you dont want soil to get really dry for long period it will kill good micros in your soil
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You can buy that many for 5 bucks at Walmart lol
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Bait wrigglers arent suitable for composting. Bait worms are bred specifically for that… bait…
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Thats cool ,i dont use em anyways.
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Worms that can survive at 80° or more are what you seek. Canadian worms like cold.
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