Frozen redworms?
Try this solution, from Betsy’s Herb Garden:
My bedding-food mixture was questionably stiff, and I thought I might be begging worms from the worm guy at the Extension again come spring (if his worms survived, that is), but last week a light bulb clicked on over my head:
I put a trouble light in the bin.
One light bulb, a few inches above the surface of the contents revived my bin and upon scratching the surface of the thawed bedding-food mass (they don’t like light), I detected a lively red worm.
I’ve never tried this. I’ve had worms in freezing weather before. If they could get in the ground, they could endure several days of below freezing temperatures. I did have a die off one time when they were in a box and couldn’t get into the ground. Some experts think that letting red worms migrate into the ground is the best means of ensuring their survival.
2 comments February 12th, 2009
