Great point
@Organic Sinse ..... Africans are a bottom worm, whereas Wigglers will work the top more - European Crawlers the middle area .....
@slowandeasy ..... shred up the mulch, put into bucket and add water and let it sit a day or so then drain water and add to container ..... you also can add some banana peels - NO CITRUS Peels .... with banana peels let them sit on counter a bit in plastic bag until they blacken - then freeze them for a day or so - remove from freezer and place under plastic cover and under the mulch - shred the peels into smaller strips before pacing in container ...... ya they are a bit messy / slimy but that’s what the worms like and they will make food for your plant .....
Essentially you will be raising worms in you sip container .....
Never had any issues with bad bugs with plastic mulch cover over container or even in my fabric pots and I had all three varieties of worms in my containers - I raise all three in my worm bins .....
Wigglers who are top dwellers, are the smallest and eat the most - go figure - they are vicious eaters
European Crawlers which are a larger version of a Wiggler and dwell in the middle zone and are called Super Reds and sold at bait shops as such
Africans who are the largest of the three and are bottom dwellers and often called just Night Crawlers at bait shops ...... but DO NOT confuse the African Crawler with the BIG HUGE NightCrawlers sold at bait shops which are keep in the refrigerator- Those Crawlers are harvested from golf courses at night - NightCrawlers from the fridge will die inside unless kept in the fridge or in dirt outside and have no place in Container Gardening .....
So long as you have African Castings you’ll be fine but if you buy any worms buy the normal Red Wigglers!
