How deep would that weed burner’s heat go? When I dig up a jumper, it’s usually several inches deep.
Here, their casings (along with the other earthworms around) are a considerable improvement in any soil I’ve not dug up and replaced. But, we never seem to have a lot of them. In the leaf compost area / “worm bed”, at their height, there might be one, small to large, in 1-2 cu. ft. of soil. In other areas that’s more like every 10 cu. ft. of soil, and usually smaller garden worm size juveniles. Even so, the leaf pile is usually mostly gone by summer’s end if I keep it slightly damp under the surface.
The big jumpers are great fishing bait, but, it is a lot of work to dig up very many, even in the worm bed. Luckily, I find more in the way of more or less std. garden worms (at least 4 different species) that are fine for bluegill and redear sunfish, or used in multiples, even moderate size (2 lb.) channel and blue catfish.
Anyway, back to the weather, that follow up last night did pan out, with heavy rain just to our south*. We got only about 1/4” - ok with me. But now it looks like the spigot turns off for a week and the heat and humidity turn up considerably, more like a late July forecast, indefinitely. Yuck. But... this IS the mid-South here.
*And over toward Osceola, Arkansas, and Covington, Tennessee, holy smokes. The 24 hour rain estimates are literally off the (current) chart!
https://www.kfvs12.com/weather/ (Scroll down to the radar and enable “24 Hour Precipitation in “Layers”.)
I figure that I’ll just dig in their casings.
The eggs are supposedly closer to the top of the soil.
All we can do is try.
Putting electricity to the ground bring worms to the surface. Search for Worm Shocker or Worm Tazer.
Zap em to bring them up and then fry them with the flamer.