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Old 07-02-2005, 11:35 PM
Franz Heymann
 
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
...
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