I have heard from an experienced source that you can mix up ordinary dish detergent with water and dump it on the ground where you know that there is night crawlers. I guess they dont like the soap and it forces them out of the ground. It is cheating I know but at least you dont have to wait for rains and go searching at night. Havent tried it myself but thought you guys/ gals might like to know this.
at 2.75 for two dozen and thats the cheap place... it is way easier to go get em myself.. I have gotten 20 doz in 45 min....bigger crawlers than the shop has
try and water your crawlers every few days. just take a handful of bedding and see if its wet enough. if you do water them ,DONT use chlorinated water only well water or rain water. the worms will thank you. another good tip when you put the worms in, make sure that there are no half or dead ones because 1 dead worm can wipe out all your worms. i use to put a sheet of newspaper on top then put the new worms onto the paper. the live healthy ones will move into the bedding from the sides leaving the dead bad ones on the paper. hope this helps, big dave out.
???I don't follow completely. do the dish soap and electricity work in daylight [anytime] Around here, I've been told the groundskeepers at the golf courses will arrest survivors caught trespassing; something about damaging their precious greens when they're wet and soft
I prefer the method of sticking a pitchfork in the ground and shaking it back and forth ata steady pace. I collect about 60 to 80 worms in a couple of minutes. It doesn't matterif it has rained or not.