Red Wigglers & Composting Worms
Investing in our red wiggler worms will give you a lot more than nutrient-rich soil. A healthy worm population changes the whole garden: less labor, more bountiful harvests, and compost that actually works.
Healthy Soil
Red wigglers promote a healthy soil system with nutrient-rich earthworm castings.
Composting Made Simple
They break down compost faster and more efficiently, keeping it bacteria and chemical-free.
Healthy Plants
A high worm population reduces soil erosion and boosts water retention for stronger plants.
How it works
Vermicomposting isn’t complicated, and once you’ve watched it work you’ll wonder why every gardener doesn’t do it. Here’s the short version.
- Set up a bin. Moist bedding, shredded newspaper or coco coir works well, in a container with airflow and no standing water.
- Add your worms and let them settle in undisturbed for a day or two. They like the dark, so keep the lid on.
- Feed lightly. Kitchen scraps or a sprinkle of WormFuel goes a lot further than most people expect.
- Harvest the castings every couple of months and feed your garden the same stuff we feed ours.
Worm care, quick answers
How many worms do I need to start?
For a small kitchen or apartment bin, a 100 count is a solid start. If you’re composting for a full vegetable garden, most folks land on 250 to 500.
What do red wigglers actually eat?
Fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, and WormFuel when you want to give them something extra. Skip meat, dairy, and anything heavily oiled or salted.
Will they try to escape the bin?
Healthy worms in a properly moist, dark bin generally stay put. If you see them climbing the walls, it usually means the bedding is too wet, too dry, or something in there doesn’t agree with them.
How long until I get usable castings?
Give it a few months. Worms work at their own pace, and rushing them is the fastest way to end up with a soggy bin instead of good compost.
First time ordering worms? Our FAQ covers counts, arrival, and what to expect.
Choose your count
100, 250, 500, or 1000, pick what your bin needs.
Red Wigglers
Price range: $38.00 through $280.00
Healthy, established red wiggler colonies raised in our own bins, ready to work in yours.
Description
Red wigglers are the workhorse of composting. They eat close to their own body weight in scraps and bedding every day, breed quickly in a healthy bin, and turn what would otherwise go in the trash into some of the richest, darkest castings you can put on a garden bed. If you have ever bought bagged castings at a store and winced at the price for what amounts to a few pounds of dirt, raising your own worms fixes that problem for good.
Ours are raised here in bins we manage ourselves, not shipped in from a broker, so what you get is an established, healthy colony ready to get to work in your own bin the day it arrives.
How many do you need
- 100 count is a solid starter colony for a small kitchen-scrap bin.
- 250 to 500 count suits an active household bin or a raised garden bed you want to inoculate directly.
- 1000 count is for serious composters, small-scale worm farmers, or anyone starting a larger vermicomposting system from scratch.
A good rule of thumb is roughly a pound of worms per square foot of bin surface once your colony is established, so it is fine to start smaller and let them multiply rather than buying more than your bin can support right away.
Good to know: We ship live, so orders go out early in the week to avoid weekend transit and keep worms out of a hot mailbox on arrival. Open the container as soon as it arrives and get them into a moist bin. Keep them fed with real scraps or our WormFuel SuperBlend and they will multiply on their own.
Additional information
| Quantity | 100 ct, 1000 ct, 250 ct, 500 ct |
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