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alma
#1 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:31:00 AM
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Other than creating profitable websites,my main passion is organic farming.

I am looking for a place where I can buy earthworms. Many earthworms.

If you know of anyone who's doing vermiculture or any other source of earthworms,I would be very happy.
Jose: If I make it through this thug life, I'll see you one day. The Lord is the only way to stop the hurt.
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Djinn
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:58:00 AM
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there is this place where harambee avenue meets uhuru highway...brownish kind of building....you definitely will get some earthworms there smile

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alma
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:18:00 AM
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Actually Djinn,I am always very serious.....I got one source from some great guys greening Kibera....If there are any other sources I will be very glad to hear about them since this is a huge project.
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:54:00 AM
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@Djinn
Hehehehe.....makofi!

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Wendz
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:31:00 AM
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@alma

Out of curiosity? what do you need earthworms for? If you go to Nyandarua,any part of Nyandarua around July/Aug (when its wet and green),you will have tonnes of those things. you could mobilise the villagers..... want them alive or dead? packaging?

Some deals are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
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alma
#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:15:00 AM
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@Wendz,I did consider mobilising a few kids but I need a lot of those critters and a particular kind for it to work.

It is so serious that I am actually considering importing them from South Africa seeing that no one or few people in Kenya have even considered them.

Earthworms are essential if you are doing organic farming. In fact,they are much better than commercial fertilizer. I want to do it for my mom to stop buying those damn fertilizers and also to give her an income that will literally be growing by the minute.

There is a lot in modern agriculture other than keeping what everyone else keeps and earthworms are the best thing that God created. If anyone who has a farm wants to compare expensive commercial fertilizer and these beautiful crawlers,give me a holler.

But first get me a source for them especially the African wriggler or a red wriggler.

Oh,by the way,I want them very alive and kicking.
Jose: If I make it through this thug life, I'll see you one day. The Lord is the only way to stop the hurt.
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Fundaah
#7 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:24:00 AM
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a tough assignment to be honest....where are they bred?.. where can one get the 'seeds' ....for their large scale production.....Alma ....don't be very serious .....you can get a heart attack... smile when you can........ Djinn he he he ...alma didn't mean earthly worms.....



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alma
#8 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:33:00 AM
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Yes it is a tough assignment.

I have worked on it for a long time and everything is ready to go. Then all of a sudden I discover that I can't get commercial red wrigglers in Kenya. Who would have thunk that?

I actually tried looking for some black flies but even those are impossible to source unless I import. I figured some guy at the airport will scream bloody murder so I considered earthworms. I am sure someone is doing it,just can't find anyone.

Commercial black flies are being used in Brazil to clear their garbage dumps and earthworms are now the latest craze in organic farming. So if anyone has a source I am crying again,please help!!
By the way,I really nearly went to that corner by Djinn.lol
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Fundaah
#9 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 11:53:00 AM
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alma ....

try this..

http://www.herper.com/ea...earthworms-culture.html

http://www.formatkenya.o.../Chapters/chapter11.htm

and give us feedback.

Also do some more googling..



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alma
#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:03:00 PM
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Fundaah thanks,I have done worm farming before but not in Kenya. That is the reason why I am stuck at a point where I didn't expect a problem....I just need the source for the wrigglers. I can send you a few dvd's on organic farming if you wish from real farmers.....I just need the damn wrigglers!
Jose: If I make it through this thug life, I'll see you one day. The Lord is the only way to stop the hurt.
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Djinn
#11 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:17:00 PM
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@Alma (now with my serious face on) - when we were kids,living near Lake Victoria,we'd sometimes play truant and go fishing. Hunting for worms was an unpleasant prelude to the afternoon's activities. Not sure if its the same now,but there were acres of marshland around the lake,mostly behind the papyrus. So with some methodical picking we could get so many worms such that,at the end of it all,whatever was left always outweighed the fish. Worms the length of a man's palm. Not sure if that is the type you seek. I recall the marsh was loamy sort of....almost like black cotton but not quite...

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alma
#12 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:30:00 PM
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:) Djinn

It actually wasn't what I was looking for.

@all

I found a perfect source in Thika. I was going crazy over this.

I would suggest that anyone doing business in Kenya had better get a website. I nearly bought from South Africa. Thanks to the sk member who wishes to remain anonymous.
Jose: If I make it through this thug life, I'll see you one day. The Lord is the only way to stop the hurt.
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maia
#13 Posted : Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:21:00 PM
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@ alma
you can buy earthworms from JKUAT Enterprises Ltd - a company owned by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology.
Tel. 067 52 420 or 0721 167 244
All the best
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jumamosi
#14 Posted : Saturday, August 18, 2012 1:43:43 PM
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Hi @alma did you find a good source of earthworms?
I need some for my backyard, organic vegetable garden.
Thanks.
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#15 Posted : Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:19:39 PM
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#16 Posted : Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:27:27 PM
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ngaaatho! one is fine more than 3? phobia!
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