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Alabama Jumpers Feeding At Night

February 18, 2010 - 6:52 am

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Alabama Jumpers do not only feed on the surface as this worm bin also has food on one side of the bin buried below the surface.

Alabama Jumpers

February 10, 2010 - 11:12 pm

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I found out something interesting concerning Alabama Jumpers a while back from a fellow long time worm farmer located in Alabama. While one would assume that these worms would be called Alabama Jumpers in Alabama, they are not. Rather they refer to them as Wigglers.

Raising Alabama Jumpers For Live Fishing Bait

February 2, 2010 - 10:45 pm

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Anyone can raise Alabama Jumpers for fishing or composting either outside in a compost pile or contrary to what most other web sites state, inside in worm bin.

Raising Alabama Jumpers outside for yard and garden composting as well as for fishing, you will need a compost pile basically consisting of shredded newspaper and cardboard or hay. As this decomposes it will generate some protection for your worms and their food source.

Raising Alabama Jumpers In Michigan Black Peat Moss Part 2

January 30, 2010 - 7:43 pm

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After thirty days, my experiment with raising Alabama Jumpers in Michigan peat moss has proven fruitful. The Alabama Jumpers are doing well and keep producing little jumpers.

Alabama Jumpers Raised In Black Peat Moss

January 15, 2010 - 9:05 am

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Well the latest bedding for the Alabama Jumpers I have tried is black peat moss. This material is a little more difficult to come by but most nurseries and higher end places will carry it.

Using A Worm Bin To Raise Productive Alabama Jumpers

January 8, 2010 - 11:45 am

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Over and over it has been stated that one cannot raise Alabama Jumpers in captivity if you want them to be prolific. I am happy to be able to report I have finally proven this to be false as I currently have a good number of second generation Alabama Jumpers now growing in an interior worm bin on the farm.

Raising Alabama Jumpers

December 28, 2009 - 3:46 pm

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Going back to the beginning the bedding was something I was trying to get down for holding Alabama Jumpers in captivity. When using clay and or a clay mix, the clay would become compacted and was difficult to maintain steady moisture throughout without over soaking the bedding since most bins taper towards the bottom, hence assisting the packing of the clay. I tried a peat moss base however this ended up killing a good number of the mature worms off. It appeared to hold to much dampness and something the Alabama Jumpers simply did not enjoy to live in.

Raising Alabama Jumpers In A Worm Bin Part 2

December 22, 2009 - 9:41 pm

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I just back from feeding the worms and had to take a sneak peak on the Alabama Jumpers in the worm bin.

Raising Alabama Jumpers In A Worm Bin

December 19, 2009 - 10:48 am

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After approximately two months, the Alabama Jumpers in my worm bin are healthy and appear happy. They are fattening up and growing. The only problem is that they are not prolific at this time which others have reported when raising in captivity.

Don’t Be Fooled – Know What Type of Composting or Fishing Worms You Are Buying

December 11, 2009 - 8:24 am

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There are some websites online offering Alabama Jumpers under the name of Super Red Worms which are actually European nightcrawlers – Eisenia Hortensis. There is another site I recently came across offering a mix of so called red wigglers and Alabama Jumpers. Again, these two worms are incompatible.

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