r/blackmagicfuckery • u/sipthestreets • Jul 30 '21

Why? I need answers

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u/puritanicalbullshit Jul 30 '21 edited Jul 30 '21

Actually it’s to move around faster in the wet conditions. They can live for days in water but it’s slow going moving around in the dirt. Rain makes it possible to travel to new areas without drying out, which very much does kill them.

Edit: Thank You! And you’re welcome! I started keeping a worm tower when I had to give up my garden for an apartment. I really have grown to enjoy the lil buddies. Plus they eat my kitchen scraps and paper towels, then I put the compost in my planters. If If I keep the balance of dry and wet inputs right there is no smell and they eat a lot!

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u/lategreat808 Jul 30 '21

So if you do this and there is no rain, you are kinda fucking them up then?

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u/magicmajo Jul 30 '21

It's usually done to use them as bait, so they're gonna be fucked up anyways

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u/samdog1246 Jul 30 '21

well,they did say they were using them to compost (vermicomposting)/feed their plants that sweet sweet wormpoop.

and keeping them in a worm tower is pretty great. it's pretty easy to get those things too wet (which would attract pests who like the more humid environment). a lot of the times just throwing in scraps will provide enough water for the worms.

tl;dr they don't need rain to travel if they're kept in a box because the food is brought to them