OOPS!! Re: Red WigglersRe: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Charles Stephens]

I just found out that Kathy is no longer in business try Canyonland Worms (www.canyonlandworms.com).
Charlie


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Stephens 
  To: Chris Trask ; arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu ; skrogers7 at hotmail.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:11 AM
  Subject: RE: Red WigglersRe: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


  Call Kathy at Desert Worm Farm 623-486-9974 for red wigglers.
  Charlie, MG
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Chris Trask 
    To: arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu ; skrogers7 at hotmail.com 
    Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:41 PM
    Subject: Re: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


    >
    > I use to have redworms in my compost but I let them dry out when I
    > was on vacation and they have not revived.  I was wondering if the
    > worms you can buy for fishing is the same and will live in my compost
    > pile.  I know earthworms are hardier and will live in the garden but
    > I was wanting something in my compost without having to spend the
    > expense of ordering redworms.  Any advice?
    >

        Unfortunately, there is nobody that I know of in the Phoenix area that
    is growing and selling any worms suitable for garden soil or composting.  To
    get red wrigglers, you would need to order them from someone such as
    Topworm.  If you do so, have them sent by UPS 2-day service or faster as
    temperatures are rising and trucks used for ground transport such as UPS
    ground service will get to fairly high temperatures.


    Chris Trask
    Outings Leader, Sierra Club (1981-1991)
    Palo Verde Group Outings Chair, Sierra Club (1985-1988)
    Grand Canyon Chapter Outings Chair, Sierra Club (1988-1991)
    Member, Arizona Native Plant Society
    Member, Arizona Governor's Advisory Council on Invasive Species (2005-2006)
    Member, Central Arizona Weed Management Area

    http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/wildflowers.html

         We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

                                     - Sir Francis Bacon


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