How do I make my own "Crawler Caller"?
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That's easy:
Just pour a small amount of dish washing or laundry soap/detergent into a gallon/5 gallon container and pour it on the ground where you think your worms/night crawlers might be.
Use maybe 1/4 - 1 cup soap to whatever size container you're using. You may even find this is too much so start with a small amount of soap.
My daddy always waited until he got to his fishing spot before mixing his concoction and then poured it on the ground/vegetation near the river.
There are other things to use but why use some sort of chemical?
K-Mart did sell the Crawler Caller years ago but I do not believe anyone is selling it now.
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Crawler Caller is the name of a solution containing xylene, a hydrocarbon with much the same chemical makeup as gasoline or kerosene. When a small amount is mixed with 55 gallons of water and dumped on a lawn, it removes oxygen from worms' bodies and the worms rise to the surface in seconds - usually by the hundreds.
This idea came to mind of Brigham Young University student Dustin Woodhouse. His father, Gary Woodhouse of Boise, invented the solution and originally named it Wonder Wormer, then Worm Squirmer, then Crawler Caller.
Although then people believed that the solution does not harm grass or kill the worms it brings to the surface, but it is no longer sold.
To get worms out of the ground you can use:
1. Dry mustard powder
- Mix the water and the dry mustard powder in the watering can. I can't say the exact amount, since it depends on many factors, so you have to try.
- Sprinkle the mixture on an area of the ground.
You should immediately notice worms heading up to the ground and running for unspoiled soil.
Rinse them off before you store them to keep them healthy.
2. Environmentally safe dish soap
- Mix the soap and water in the bucket.
- Pour the mixture over the ground.
Within seconds, you should see worms coming out of the ground.
Repeat this procedure in different areas until you have what you need.
The soap will make it hard for the worms to breathe, so rinse them off immediately after you collect them. Try a small test area first to make sure the soap mixture doesn't kill or damage grass.
Or just before dark, water entire area ground you are searching long enough to soak it. Once it gets dark, catch nightcrawlers, but tread lightly.
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The stuff that you were looking to make is potentially harmful to the worms and the ground and the plants. One thing I have found that works is very easy and it is good for the plants and the ground is a little bit before sundown you set up your sprinkler and drench your lawn just completely dress it once it gets dark out go out with a flashlight and go find all the nightcrawlers are laying up on the surface but be very quiet and very stealthy because they will feel the vibrations from the steps and will fly back down into the hole.
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