"Harlan Davis" wrote in message
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Hey, Theakson, don't worry "planting" the little suckers in full darkness.
Do it
anytime after about four o'clock. You just want to avoid exposing them to
a warm
full sun. (Its pain in the butt to coat 1500 red worms with #35 UV
protection.)
The other problem with doing it during the day is ....... carnivorous
robins.
Those red breasted buggers have a sixth sense about them when it comes to
locating a tasty cache of food. So the later you spread them out in
smorgasbord
fashion, the better. Be sure to cover them with the damp stuff you've
already
mentioned.

Well, I planted them at 12:00 :-) BUT I dug little trenches for the
pampered l'll things. Laid a nice bed of damp leaves that had been
composting nicely for 6 months. The worms came in bags full of their
original bedding so they were already bedded in. I put this on the leaves
with the worms inside. I then covered the worms with earth. I then strung
birdex netting over the raised beds.


Oh, and by the way, the 3 hours thing is probably a bit too conservative.
Those
shipping companies have to protect their butts somehow. They would
probably keep
very well in the refrigerator until the next day. The guys who sell them
as
fishing worms keep them in the refrigerator for weeks. Only problem is,
keeping
them in the refrigerator with a wife in the house results in rather harsh
retribution.

Harlan


I agree but I'm taking no chances so I got them in within 1 hour of
getting them. Given that I bought them from ex-gang members who are trying
to start a business, I am not making this up, I figure that I won't be
complaining anytime soon :-). Chicago's like that. I stored a fake alien
embryo in the deep freeze we use in the guest apartment, I then forgot about
it until we had guests. They used ALOT of toilet paper that night.



theakson wrote:

It seems I can't the company delivering advise to use them within 3
hours of
delivery. Night in Chicago is around 22:00 so that would be a little
late.

T