looking for good composing worms in montana

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Location: Northern Rockies

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Can anyone suggest a good source of composting worm available reasonably near western Montana? I'm fairly open to trying genus/genera and species, though in line with M. Appelhof, I would prefer E. fetida or andrei or L. rubellus.

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Rickster, here in Bozeman there is a great shop called Planet Natural. They do sell Eisenia foetida worms. I dont know if they carry them in the store (they are closed today), but they have a very large online business, in case you are not in this area. They are also moving to a new location on Rouse, but since they are closed, I cant confirm if they are totally moved out of the Gold address (I havent been by in over a month).

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/red-wiggler-worms.html

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Thanks Kathryn. I'll check it out. Fall is coming, so maybe mailing worms makes more sense.

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Yup, the best specie in worm composting are Red Wiggler worms or Eisenia Foetida. Try ordering at

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How many are you wanting ? I have been raising the Red Wigglers for several years
and could get you going with a few pounds of compost containing the Worms and many
vermipods. I've messed around with culling and have decided it's a serious waste of time
and is basically worm abuse.
I'm by Blue Mountain here in Missoula.

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Blueroot, thanks for responding! I should have posted "solved" earlier, as I got my worms a few weeks ago. Not sure what kind they are, but they're red and maybe 1-2 mil diameter.. maybe an inch long... growing of course. They seem to be pretty prolific.

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