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Post by nofeargardener on Oct 29, 2011 9:38:36 GMT -6
Thought that title might get your attention! tee hee! Anywho... took my daughter fishing. I've got lots of little red worms left over. Thought I'd put them in my raised beds. But I honestly don't know much about earthworms other than I know the difference between night crawlers and red worms. Are there certain earthworms that are better than others for the garden soil? Are there some earthworms that should NOT be put in there? Just thought I'd check first. As an interesting side note... a few weeks back when my son and I took a little survival class, the instructor told us that earthworms were introduced by the European settlers here in the states. Prior to that, he said the forest floors were "THICK" with leaf debris because it just didn't break down as quickly. Thought that was interesting.
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Post by w8in4dave on Oct 29, 2011 12:46:17 GMT -6
Well here I thought you were going to say you had a red worm bed inside
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Post by Rita on Oct 29, 2011 14:06:02 GMT -6
I thought he had a worm farm too Red wigglers will not survive the winter in most areas ..
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Post by coppice on Oct 30, 2011 7:16:35 GMT -6
Red wiggler egg cases could survive a Michigan winter, but the worms thenselves will not unprotected.
Have you got a compost pile? If it (compost pile) does not freeze solid they will survive there.
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Post by nofeargardener on Oct 30, 2011 9:29:26 GMT -6
Red wiggler egg cases could survive a Michigan winter, but the worms thenselves will not unprotected. Have you got a compost pile? If it (compost pile) does not freeze solid they will survive there. I do have a compost pile, although it is a little low right now. Maybe I'll try and add a bunch of stuff to that in the next day or so and then toss the little worms in. We'll see what happens. Good to know! Thanks! I'm not against leaving them on the pavement for the birds to come pick up, but I thought since I paid for 'em, I might as well try and get some garden benefit from them
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Post by coppice on Oct 31, 2011 2:19:59 GMT -6
At my old NH residence, I had'ta add a barrel a month of goat manure to each bin to keep 'em working enough to not freeze.
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Post by nofeargardener on Apr 1, 2012 9:28:41 GMT -6
I was really pleased when turned my beds a couple weeks ago. They were loaded with lots of happy worms!!! At least i know where to check ifn I wanna go !
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Post by wajl731 on May 15, 2013 21:24:57 GMT -6
In fact, I was scared of similar art-tech to the earthworm this kind of insects. But the school know earthworms is to help make the fertile soil of a good helper. The earthworm is a very high nutritional value of animal. Is a good organic fertilizer
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Post by BestoFour on Apr 11, 2014 21:56:05 GMT -6
should I put worms in my raised beds?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2014 9:12:06 GMT -6
Bestofour;
The vector where worms enter your soil is from places where worm egg cases may be brought to your garden.
The commonest crossing point is when leaf litter is added to your compost pile or as mulch. The eggs are glued onto leaves, leaves go on--into your garden. Worms make happy & reproduce.
Can you introduce worms? Yes but its work your already doin' if you mulch your garden.
How many worms can you keep ? depends on how well they can feed (and reproduce). More supper, more worms.
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Post by BestoFour on Apr 13, 2014 14:29:38 GMT -6
tomc, we built 2 raised beds the other week. I put down landscape fabric then old straw that I used last year for a straw bale garden then filled them with dirt that was brought in from a dirt store. I'm not sure worms are in these beds.
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Post by spuds on Apr 13, 2014 15:58:54 GMT -6
I was really pleased when turned my beds a couple weeks ago. They were loaded with lots of happy worms!!! At least i know where to check ifn I wanna go ! Same here,got a worm colony here that is huge.Its where we dump the bird wastes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2014 11:55:17 GMT -6
There may or may not be worms this year, but if you keep piling on organic material and yard waste, egg cases will get brought to where their egg cases can do the most good.
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Post by countryred on Jan 28, 2015 6:44:09 GMT -6
I use to raise worms but it got to be more work than I could keep up with and having a full time job too. I really enjoyed it though. I have cut way back and just do the compost thing now.
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Post by spuds on Jan 28, 2015 7:23:43 GMT -6
I use to raise worms but it got to be more work than I could keep up with and having a full time job too. I really enjoyed it though. I have cut way back and just do the compost thing now. Would like to hear more about that,is it a possible retirement job? Welcome to the board Red.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jan 28, 2015 13:37:11 GMT -6
I used to raise worms. They only thing is they attract nats. Fruit flies or what ever kind of lil fly... If they are in the house it gets annoying. I had them on the back porch and oopsi I left them out there and it froze. Oops! But I did give some to a friend that has three or four bins full of them now. I was told if I ever wanted to start again I can get some back from them. They use the dirt on their house plants and have the most beautiful house plants. They make a tea out of it somehow and water their plants. Most beautiful healthy plants I have ever seen!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 29, 2015 6:51:23 GMT -6
I use to raise worms but it got to be more work than I could keep up with and having a full time job too. I really enjoyed it though. I have cut way back and just do the compost thing now. we have talked about raising worms for a few years...I want the castings agree
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Post by countryred on Jan 30, 2015 17:00:16 GMT -6
I have some round black bins that cattle protein lick came in and I use them for my compost adding worms as I find them in digging but they get in through the drain holes anyway. If you are expecting a hard freeze just put some hay on top and it puts off heat. they will go to the heat if needed and back off is they don't.
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Post by spuds on Apr 9, 2015 11:13:43 GMT -6
Added some more worms from compost to aquaponic beds.People saying their beds clogged with old roots....folks,thats what worms are for,eat that dead stuff.
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