On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:25:14 GMT, "Part_No" wrote:

Jake wrote in
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OP snipped

The worms don't like acid soil, though the lawn will grow happily, so
something that lowers the pH would help. Maybe a lawn treatment using
Vitax Sulphate of Iron or a similar product in the early spring and
then about every 6 weeks. It's soluble so you just water or spray it
on. Probably too late to do anything effective now.

I've also head that getting a mole or two will rapidly reduce the worm
problem. And the resulting molehills are much easier to spot so you
don't end up squashing them all and messing up the surrounding grass
;-))

Jake


On the other hand, I have heard that worm castes are good material for the
compst heap. Or to use to germinate your seeds.
Is this an old wives tale?

I think that this relates to the solid material you get out of a worm
composter when the greedy little things have chomped their way through
your kitchen waste. Casts in lawns are really pretty standard soil,
fine textured when dry but in tiny quantities so easier to just
spread them with a besom (I only use one of those rather than a broom
as I inherited one and found it wouldn't take off for me!). When you
think of it you'd need a lawn looking like the surface of the moon to
produce enough worm cast material to make a difference to the average
compost heap!

Jake