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Apr 05, 2020 - 02:14 PM
When kept properly, Superworms have been known to live up to two years in the right conditions. We have one customer who is going on his 3rd year with his colony still all in the same larval form he bought them.
To care for them they need bedding for food (we use wheat bran, but you can also use whole barley if you like) at a shallow depth or they will get too moist at the bottom causing bacteria and fungus to grow on their grain. We keep them at 1.5" deep.
If you have a large rectangular Tupperware type bin, they will live very happily in there with the lid off.
They are a perfect size, you want roughly (not exactly) 30 square inches of surface area per 100 Superworms. For 500 that would be about 150 Square inches of surface area.
This is a nice container for 500: Sterilite 6 Quart Container
And this for 1000: Sterilite 8 Gallon Container You also need to sift out their castings at least once a week, you can do this with two bins and a large flour-type sifter. You can use inexpensive cat litter pans found at discount stores like the 99 cent store.
They need carrots 3 times a week for a water source. Potatoes tend to mold and will infect your grain causing your worms to get sick. They do best with roughly chopped carrots 3 times a week minimum, and to be kept warm. Have a look at this video, it shows the very best way to store them by keeping them shallow (1.5" deep) and a lot of bedding to Superworm ratio.
To care for them they need bedding for food (we use wheat bran, but you can also use whole barley if you like) at a shallow depth or they will get too moist at the bottom causing bacteria and fungus to grow on their grain. We keep them at 1.5" deep.
If you have a large rectangular Tupperware type bin, they will live very happily in there with the lid off.
They are a perfect size, you want roughly (not exactly) 30 square inches of surface area per 100 Superworms. For 500 that would be about 150 Square inches of surface area.
This is a nice container for 500: Sterilite 6 Quart Container
And this for 1000: Sterilite 8 Gallon Container You also need to sift out their castings at least once a week, you can do this with two bins and a large flour-type sifter. You can use inexpensive cat litter pans found at discount stores like the 99 cent store.
They need carrots 3 times a week for a water source. Potatoes tend to mold and will infect your grain causing your worms to get sick. They do best with roughly chopped carrots 3 times a week minimum, and to be kept warm. Have a look at this video, it shows the very best way to store them by keeping them shallow (1.5" deep) and a lot of bedding to Superworm ratio.
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