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  • James Crawford September 6, 2012 at 11:22pm

    I am looking for some place in the East valley to buy red wrigglers for composting and my garden.  Tried a guy in Queen Creek that claimed 2-300 in gallon bucket of compost for $10 and I got less than 35 worms and only about 3 were of adult size.  The hydroponics store in Mesa will order me some from CA, but I was hoping to local worms.  Does anybody were I can get a good deal locally?

    Thanks in advance

    James in Mesa

  • K. Neil May 1, 2012 at 7:10am

    Thanks everybody.  Sheri, I may be able to take you up on your offer of a trade.  Do you have an e-mail for me to contact you?  Zachary, lucky you--my chickens and ducks would love to visit your garden :D

  • jaimee corbet April 30, 2012 at 8:46pm

    Petsmart and usually Petco

  • Zachary Hollis Cook April 30, 2012 at 11:11am

    I have a lot in my garden.  I started out buying 30 a year ago from Petsmart in the reptile section, now I have 30 in every handful of soil.

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    • Sheri Schmeckpeper > Zachary Hollis Cook May 1, 2012 at 7:15am

      Wow, that's cool! We have a lot of earthworms in our garden, so I never thought about putting the wigglers out there. I've started to put the wigglers into my potted plants, though. 

  • Sheri Schmeckpeper April 30, 2012 at 10:53am

    I noticed that you raise mealworms. Maybe we can trade some wigglers for mealworms?

  • Sheri Schmeckpeper April 30, 2012 at 10:36am

    We bought ours at a hydroponics store in Phoenix. They cost $20 for a 1lb bag, which is supposed to be around 1,000 worms. I don't think anyone counted. :)  We used most of them in our aquaponics system, so I'm not sure how many we have left in our worm bucket, but I know they're reproducing nicely.

    If you need a bunch right away, it would be best to buy them, but if you have time to raise your own, we can share a handful so you can start your own "farm." We're also in Gilbert, BTW.

    • Robert Anderson > Sheri Schmeckpeper January 7, 2014 at 7:26am

      Hello

      I was wondering what the name of the store you got your worms from?

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