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Ironite Questions?
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:14 -0400, Bill
wrote: Penelope Periwinkle wrote: "Steve Young"bowtieATbrightdslDOTnet wrote: Not to mention the feast it would provide red worms. http://www.unclejimswormfarm.com/ind...how_aux_page=3 Wouldn't be long before a pound turns into 10 pounds So, aren't you concerned about spreading what is considered to be an invasive species? Brought over in about 1650. I note the forest has changed due to red worms and the way the forest recycles leaves. Still 400 years ago? I'd worry about great lake bilges from world wide shipping traffic. The forests have not all changed. There was an article in a National Geographic about a fern whose numbers are dropping in Minnisota, I think. It's a "canary in the coal mine" for the spread of _Lumbricus rubellus_. The recommendations I've found suggest freezing all earthworm castings for several days to a week to kill the worms and cocoons. I've been trying to find out more information on native earthworms here in South Carolina and see if I can adapt some sort of vermiculture to their use. Other than, you know, the compost piled on the ground. Penelope -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
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