1000 Count Red Wiggler Composting Worms Mix for Garden Soil or Fishing | Pack of Compost Worms Improves Soil Structure and Quality for Healthier Gardens

My little worms arrived in great shape. I live in Arizona, so I waited until temperatures had fallen below 90 degrees before I ordered. My worms were shipped on Tuesday and I picked them up at the local post office on Friday morning - we live in a very rural area, so I thought this was great service. The worms are shipped in dry peat moss - it is explained that it is better to ship them dry like this because they actually do much worse if the bedding is wet - it tends to freeze them in cold weather, and overheat in summer. The instructions say to add half a cup of water to the bag immediately, so I did this and I immediately saw lots and lots of very healthy, good sized worms. I didn't see a single dead one. It is important to have your worm bin or whatever you are going to use to compost already set up and ready to go before your worms arrive. I had purchased the Worm Factory 360 well ahead of time and had watched both their DVD and read the instruction manual, and had everything set up and ready to go, with a bit of food placed in each corner. I followed the directions and left them uncovered after transfer to the Worm Factory, and left a light on overnight. The worms clearly don't like light, so that encourages them to burrow. I don't know if it was was really necessary to keep the light on all night, because I checked about an hour after adding them, and the worms had already travelled all over the bin, and were clustered around the food in the corners. They were visibly plumper after just an hour, probably from rehydrating after shipment. I have had my worms for only a few days now, but could not be happier. I did read a few negative reviews, but I had nothing but a positive experience, and would order more if I needed them, and plan on recommending this company to anyone I can manage to convince to give vermiculture composting a try. I think it would be a great classroom project for a biology teacher or an elementary school teacher. I also highly recommend the informative little book Worms Eat My Garbage. I did notice slight differences in recommendations from one source to another, so I interpret this as meaning that there is no one right way to care for the worms, as long as you follow some general guidelines on feeding, hydration, and temperature. I am very excited about my new little hobby, and will give an update hopefully in a few months once I have hopefully gained a bit more experience. Addendum: December 6, 2012 - 2 months after my first order of a pound of worms, my vermiculture project is going great. The only problems I have had are the usual beginner ones of overfeeding the worms and getting the bins too wet, but this is easily corrected by cutting back on feeding and adding dry carbon sources like shredded cardboard and newspaper. The worms seem to be multiplying and doing their job. But my initial one pound of worms has not been sufficient to keep up with our food scraps - we are vegetarians and generate a lot of fruit peels, coffee grounds, etc. There is a tendency, I think, once you start doing this, to want to save all scraps and feed them all to the worms. My solution is that I bought a 14 gallon rubbermaid bin, and another 10 gallon bin for drainage, and have started a second composting bin to handle all our scraps. I think, if I had to do this over again, that I would have gone this simple and cheap route to begin with - the Worm Factory is working ok, but the material in the lower trays does tend to get pretty compressed and dense from all the trays stacked on top, and I'm not sure the air flow is that good, either. I really have to watch moisture levels and mix things up a bit. Anyway, to start my new bin, I ordered 2 more pounds of worms from Uncle Jims - I placed my order last Friday, and they shipped early Monday. Despite the fact that I live in very rural Arizona, the worms were in my post office by 11 a.m. on Wednesday - amazing. And they were amazingly dense and healthy. Just balls and balls and clumps and clumps of mostly plump, wiggly worms. Hopefully this will be my last worm order and my 3 pounds of worms will multiply and now keep up with all scraps without danger of overfeeding. Uncle Jims is awesome - highly recommended. Really hard to go wrong with them - they clearly state that if there are any problems, they will ship more worms immediately, free of charge. I will recommend to all my friends and neighbors - hopefully I can get some converts to try out this eco-friendly hobby. Thanks, Uncle Jims!

So I ordered these in January, during single digit temperature nights. In other words, freezing cold temperatures. This isn't my first run with worms, as I used to keep them in my backyard, but moved across states, and had to leave them behind along with all the wonderful rich soil they worked so hard to create. So after moving, I decided to keep my worms both indoors, and outdoors. Mainly because they don't eat as fast in the winter, and I don't reduce the amount of vegetable waste I produce in the winter. So I decided to try a worm composting bin. I got my bin just a couple weeks before, but there were no worms to be found locally due to the weather, so I would have to wait until spring. That was until I decided to check on Amazon. I was a bit skeptical, and I couldn't figure out what idiot would ship worms in single digit temperatures, but nowhere did it say they wouldn't. I also read all the one star reviews, and saw that many folks had issues with dead worms arriving. But, I needed worms, and I didn't want to wait until spring. So I ordered them, fully expecting to have to contact Amazon Customer service and request a refund. I was notified on a Monday that they were shipped (they say they ship on Monday's to avoid them getting stuck in a shipping place over a weekend). I received my worms the following Friday. (I refused to pay extra for shipping, I figure if the option existed not to pay for that, then no reason to spend the money). When the box arrived, I immediately took pictures of it, it was very much... ummm... squished. I just can't think of a better word right now. Anyway, I was sure the worms didn't make it. They shipped all the way across the US to get to me, in freezing temperatures. I opened the box, and saw that the worms where in a burlap bag. There was a note included with my packing slip that said something along the lines of, your worms are dehydrated, so they will look small and pathetic, we dehydrate them so they don't freeze during shipping. They are thirsty, give them water immediately, put them in their new home, and give them four days to recover. I opened the bag, and sure enough, saw some very skinny pathetic looking worms. I thought no way are these red wigglers. But I followed the instructions, and I dumped the bag of skinny and pathetic worms into my new worm factory, gave them lots of compost, some water, put the lid on, and forgot about them for four days. I was amazed. The worms did recover. Not fully after four days, but certainly enough to convince me that they would be fine and will do their job well. After two weeks the worms showed no signs of stress. They were happily eating away my vegetable scraps. Today, I checked in on them to add more of my kitchen scraps, and I couldn't believe how many were in there, and it's barely been a month, and there are worm eggs everywhere, all over the avocado peel, all over the onion peel, everywhere. I am very pleased. Now, I did go back to read all the one star reviews, and noticed that there was a trend of around June of 2011. Perhaps shipping them in the winter is the smarter way to go, and not in the middle of summer when it gets too hot for them. But that's just a thought. And again, I didn't count the worms, and if there weren't a 1000 of them a month ago, there are definitely over a 1000 of them now.

Another high quality product from this supplier. I ordered European Nightcrawlers last month. Quick delivery and lively worms. Will continue to order from here.

gardeners.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Phenomenal Results Again – My Second Batch!This is my second time buying from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm, and once again, they did not disappoint.Healthy and Active: The worms arrived incredibly fast, tightly packed, and full of life.Instant Garden Boost: My first batch completely transformed my compost pile into rich, black gold.Top-Tier Quality: Seeing how much my vegetable garden thrived after the first round made buying a second batch an absolute no-brainer.Excellent Customer Service: Their instructions are clear, making the entire setup foolproof for any gardener.If you want healthier soil and massive plants, do not hesitate to buy these. Uncle Jim’s is officially my go-to source for the garden!

All the worms arrived alive and doing well! Happy in the composter.

Great! This is my second purchase from Jim's Worm Farm, and still no complaints. Order arrived very fast. Worms came in healthy and very active.

*Update: Apr. 5, 2024 Do not buy worms from Uncle Jim's. After contacting the seller to express dissatisfaction with my order not containing the worm species that is advertised in the product listing, I initially received a response from Katie. Katie politely and helpfully offered a replacement shipment or refund for my order. After further communication regarding a potential replacement shipment, the conversation was resumed by Erma. Erma implied that I was unreasonably and dishonestly seeking a refund for an order that she considered satisfactorily fulfilled. The product that I purchased was listed as "Red Wiggler Composting Worms Mix for Garden Soil or Fishing, 1000 Count". One could reasonably expect that there would be Red Wiggler worms in such an order. There was not a single one as far as I could tell, the entire bag containing Indian Blue worms. Erma explained in the Contact Seller chat that their composting worms are a mix of three species and that what I had purchased was "1000 Count Red Composting Worms" a very close, but vaguer approximation of the actual product listing on their Amazon storefront. Erma then said that I had received exactly what I had ordered and was therefore ineligible for a replacement or refund, essentially rescinding the earlier refund offer. Whether this was a misunderstanding or a terse and negligent display of customer service, I’m dissatisfied with the product and interaction either way. No other large-scale online vermicomposting supplier equates "Red Wigglers" with anything other than the species Eisenia fetida. Perionyx excavatus (Indian Blue worms) are more likely to escape from your composting bin and have caused a crawling mess all over my basement. While expecting 100% species purity for an order of 1000 worms is unreasonable and unrealistic, you would certainly expect most of the worms to be of the species listed in the product title. This is at best an inaccurate and at worst a deliberately deceptive product description. The term "Red Wiggler" should be removed from the description entirely and replaced with something like "Mixed Composting Worms". Spending $55 to receive something that I didn't want and then basically being called a liar angered me to the point of writing this updated review to warn other potential buyers. Order your worms from a more transparent and customer-friendly seller like Midwest Worms or Buckeye Organics. *Original: March 28, 2024 I bought 1lb of "Red Wiggler" composting worms from Uncle Jim's a while ago to start a composting bin for food scraps in my basement. I didn't really have any knowledge about vermicomposting at the time and Uncle Jim's seemed to be one of the most established suppliers of live composting worms. After many hours spent reading articles and watching YouTube videos to become more familiar with the hobby, I incidentally discovered that what I purchased were not in fact Red Wiggler worms, but Indian Blue worms. Red Wigglers (Eisenia fetida) and Indian Blues (Perionyx excavatus) are probably the two best worm species for composting and look very similar, but there are some differences. Red Wigglers are native to Europe and are more tolerant of colder conditions (probably more appropriate for my location), while Indian Blues are native to southeast Asia and have evolved to thrive in tropical and subtropical conditions. From everything that I've read, Indian Blues are just as if not more effective composters than Red Wigglers, but they have an increased tendency to wander from their habitat and are far more sensitive to changes in barometric pressure. They may try to escape from your container en masse around the onset of a thunderstorm, something that I would have definitely factored into my decision when purchasing my initial colony. I wanted this operation to be as easy and hassle free as possible and had no interest in chasing stray worms around my basement. I'm guessing that once they have become more established in their new habitat the escapes will be less frequent, and I will alter the design of my bin if necessary. However, I do not appreciate what seems like an intentionally misleading product description. The product has "Red Wiggler Composting Worms" all over the page; its only when reading the fine print of the description that you will find "may contain different earthworm species", something that you're not going to notice or care about if you're just starting out. Further, Red Wigglers (if there even are any in there) and Indian Blues cannot reproduce. You then essentially have two different worm populations in direct competition with each other, limiting the potential growth of your colony. Uncle Jim apparently can't be bothered to separate the two species for shipping, and you're left with something other than what you thought you were getting. If you're concerned about getting true Red Wiggler worms, buy them from a different seller that specifically lists their product as Eisenia fetida.

Could not be happier. They arrived a couple days earlier than expected and were in very good shape. Gave then a half cup of water while I finished preparing their new home. Took a day for them to get settled and then they went right to work. When I get my other worm bed built I'll be ordering more.

I got worms! These guys arrived quickly and were all happy and healthy. My compost bin is loving them. They are happily eating my kitchen scraps, shredded papper and leaf waste. Makes composting more efficient and dare I say... fun.

I’m totally new to the worm composting stuff but I was excited to get started despite not being immune to the eww yuck feeling towards bugs in general. The worms arrived and I was admittedly a little nervous about opening a large sack full of worms. Without having to touch them with my hands I was able to open the bag and empty the contents of the sack. The worms appear to be on the smaller side (for whatever reason, that made it less daunting). They were all alive and started hiding in the soil. I ordered a box of worms and got a box of worms, what more could I ask for.

Worth the wait. The worms were smaller than I expected,but my reptiles are loving them, and they'll grow Much cheaper than the pet store

Après avoir lu les précédentes évaluations, je craignais ne pas recevoir ce que j'avais commandé. Je vous rassure tout de suite : j'ai reçu ma commande. Dans un sac noir remplis de terre, une quantité impressionnante de vers rouges a compost en pleine forme. Je les ai transposés dans un contenant en attendant de recevoir mon composteur dans 2 jours. Un petit verre d'eau et quelques feuilles de salade plus tard, on a fermé pour la nuit. Ça grouille dans le contenant ! Ils sont en pleine forme :) Merci !

Good littles dirt soldiers.