Mealworm farms

[MelissaTXRn]

thanks KristinLLB and I agree with you

 

[tatsmom25]

Well, since I live in Texas, it is 98-104, already HOT! We keep our house too cold for mealworms and its too hot outside, I guess I will be buying them. I am not liking the idea of worms in our house anyway and my husband said HECK NO!!!!!!! Lol

We keep our house at 73 and our farm is still doing great.

 

[tatsmom25]

We started our farm with 1000 worms a couple months ago. It took a few weeks for them all to pupate and for the beetles to hatch. After 5 weeks, I can finally see the tiny worms growing. We are using the drawer method. I move the drawers one every 2 weeks and put new vegetables in every few days. It's so easy. (When the beetles were hatching, I checked them several times a day. I think next time, I'll just put the pupas in the top drawer and leave them alone.) We use chick feed.

I was a little unsure of having worms around but they really are not bad at all. It has been a great project to teach the kids about life cycles. The chickens love them and it saves us a ton of money. We watched a bunch of YouTube videos and then figured out what would work best for us.

 

[CedarAcres]

I really want to try this!

 

[MelissaTXRn]

I researched you tube also. I have seen it done so many different ways. I am a clean freak and just don't think I can do the drawer method. Lol The one tub method will work for me. I debated it though. I finally bought some live worms today and my son and I plan to put it all together in the morning. I can't wait, we picked potatoes from our garden this morning to feed them. Everyone says its super easy. Good luck

 

[MelissaTXRn]

http://www.sialis.org/raisingmealworms.htm
CedarAcres, here is a link for everything you need/want to know about mealworms.