On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:59:06 +0000, kay
wrote:


'Pam Moore[_2_ Wrote:
;954967']

I understand that the best worms for compost are brandling worms which
can be bought at fishing shops .... and are not cheap.
They are not the same as earthworms, yet can be found in piles of
rotting manure.
So where do they come from? How do they get into compost bins and into
manure?


Depends what you mean as "earthworms". Most gardeners mean Lumbricus
terrestris. But brandlings are earthworms too, of genus Eisenia, and
like a soil high in organic content. So the answer is, they are around
in the soil in small numbers, but they flourish in high organic
conditions, so when you provide these, they breed and multiply, and
become a lot more evident.

More earthworms he
'British earthworms | Natural History Museum'
(http://tinyurl.com/dydus5x)

Thanks Kay
Interesting info!

Pam in Bristol