On Dec 30, 9:00*pm, "john brook" wrote:
We have a hibiscus in a pot on the window sill and masses of powdery soil is
regularly appearing in the saucer coming out from the bottom of the pot.

We are assuming it's a worm? *Is it detrimental to the plant in any way and
should it be fished out? *One curious aspect is that its pushing out so many
of the little soil granules that the pot no longer even sits upright....
that's a lot of serious pushing out.

I would have thought if you just take it out of the pot without
disturbing the root ball you would find the culprit. Funny one though.