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Old 30-05-2006, 05:50 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Do Earth worm castings contain worm egg


"Wylie Wilde" wrote in message
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Hi,

My garden seems totally devoid of earthworms (nightcrawlers). I think the
previous owner killed them with insecticide or some crap. Its been 2 years
already and I've been digging and planting my flowers- but absolutely zero
sign of them.

I noticed however- in a nearby park- there seems to be quite a bit of
wormcastings, ie a collection of dark small dirt balls. I heard that the
wormcastings may contain worm eggs.

So I was wondering whether its worthwhile collecting the wormcastings and
placing them in my compost bin so as to rear earthworms? Would that work?

Cheers,

Wylie


I don't know if they castings contain worm eggs or not, but if I wanted
worms in my garden I'd go to my local bait and tackle shop and buy some
slated to be devoured by fish. I'm sure the worms and your garden would
thank you for it.

Jacqui