Anyone ever raised worms on a large scale?

[Hills of Texas]

When we bought our place there were several large commercial worm beds in the barn that had never been used. They are about 3x10 and 18 inches deep. Years ago the previous owner had a commercial bait operation in a barn that washed away during the flood. I’m thinking about setting one of them up and seeing how it goes. I live on the river, so endless bait would be awesome. My grandpa always had an old freezer full of dirt that was loaded with worms. He pretty much ignored them other than some scraps every now and then, so it can’t be that hard. Looking to see what others have done.

[kruppa24]

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[Bassdeer]

When I was a kid a guy used to do it, fed them old coffee grounds. Look pretty easy. Just need a place to find worms.

[White Falcon]

I have spots on my 2.5 ac. where I don't rake or mulch leaves. If I want worms, I just rake a small spot and I will have about 6 every spot I rake. Then I cover the spots back up with leaves. Most areas have a lot of shade. Works for me.

[Hills of Texas]

I have spots on my 2.5 ac. where I don't rake or mulch leaves. If I want worms, I just rake a small spot and I will have about 6 every spot I rake. Then I cover the spots back up with leaves. Most areas have a lot of shade. Works for me.

That works in east texas. If you take back 1 inch around here it’s all rocks

[.243 WSSM]

If anyone says they have they are straight up lying. Way too much ivermectin being consumed on here to ever have a chance of growing worms

[diamond10x]

We had 4 old bathtubs with holes drilled in the bottom that we kept worms for fishing, supplementing the garden, and feeding the chickens.

We would just throw food scraps in there to feed them. Fruits, veggies, and other organic scraps/matter. Make sure the soil stays moist but not saturated and doesn’t get to hot or too cold. Turn the soil over about one a month or so. Pretty easy to keep really.

[Casey]

We grunted worms up in my mom's flowerbeds years ago. It was unbelievable what we got to crawl out of the dirt when we rubbed a stick on another stick shoved in the ground.

[bsills]

I have ordered worms from Jims before to add to my compost pile.

https://unclejimswormfarm.com/

[CEO]

My cousin had a couple of large galvanized water troughs filled with dirt where he would dig for them when fishing. Not sure how much care he gave them, but they were plentiful.

[nativeaustin]

My grandfather had worm beds. He would have us count worms and put them in the container and we would deliver to marinas and convenient stores. He had a yellow powder he would feed them. I'm not sure what that was though. He bought worms in Lampasas to put in his beds.

[Hills of Texas]

We had 4 old bathtubs with holes drilled in the bottom that we kept worms for fishing, supplementing the garden, and feeding the chickens.

We would just throw food scraps in there to feed them. Fruits, veggies, and other organic scraps/matter. Make sure the soil stays moist but not saturated and doesn’t get to hot or too cold. Turn the soil over about one a month or so. Pretty easy to keep really.

This what I was kinda thinking. I want it to be fairly easy. I’ve got very little free time to use for upkeep.

[Hills of Texas]

We grunted worms up in my mom's flowerbeds years ago. It was unbelievable what we got to crawl out of the dirt when we rubbed a stick on another stick shoved in the ground.

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I’ve wanted to try this but never have

[kruppa24]

We grunted worms up in my mom's flowerbeds years ago. It was unbelievable what we got to crawl out of the dirt when we rubbed a stick on another stick shoved in the ground.

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Always wondered if that really worked. seen it on youtube but never tried it

[Big Lee]

Have you posted about this before? I believe I have read a similar post about this. Might be some useful info in that post as well.