"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from "suspicious minds" contains these
words:
Firstly, the worms were sold to me by a firm which specialises
in worm
composting accessories.
In which case they will not be 'earthworms'.
Secondly, that url to which Kay used to draw our attention was
written
by someone whose professional research is concerned with a
study of
worms.
Do I believe him ot you?
As I studied the ecology of Earthworms extensively at
university, I would
suggest a third possibility: you have incorrectly remembered
what you read
on this site. If you would care to provide a direct link to your
evidence,
I will, of course, apologise. Similarly, if it turns out that
you are
mistaken, perhaps you could do the decent thing?
I have read the site that Franz is on about and indeed it does say
that the
worms for composting can be obtained from your garden. What I
think
confuses
Franz is the different types of worms that can be found in the
garden. The
site mentions that tiger worms etc are just fancy names for what
are
commonly known as brandlings (Eisenia foetida) and redworms and
can easily
be collected from compost heaps and under stones etc. It does not
say that
earthworms( Lumbricus terrestis) which found on lawns etc and are
commonly
known as lobworms are suitable for wormeries.I do not have the URL
it's Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/
I posted a similar comment a couple of days ago, same conclusion
as
Suspicious. Franz misinterpreted what it said
I did not misinterpret anything I read in that URL. I am not familiar
with the name Lumbricus terrestis, so I would not have used it. There
are other earthworms.
Franz