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motorhomes4sale 12-10-2005 08:43 PM

how do I kill worms in my lawn
 
What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with worm casts.

batgirl 12-10-2005 09:08 PM

Dear god, what is the matter with you???

"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
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What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
worm casts.


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motorhomes4sale




Robert 12-10-2005 09:29 PM


"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
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: What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?
:
: I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
: worm casts.

Is this a wind up?!



Robert 12-10-2005 09:33 PM


"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
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: What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?
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: I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
: worm casts.
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Best idea is to get rid of the lawn



Mike Lyle 12-10-2005 10:27 PM

Robert wrote:
"motorhomes4sale" wrote

in
message ...

What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem

with
worm casts.

Best idea is to get rid of the lawn


Failing that, just do the normal thing, and walk over the lawn
brushing them out with a birch broom. Or just don't worry about them.
You knock out a link of the garden's food chain at your peril: we've
grown out of that kind of thing.

--
Mike.



Mab 12-10-2005 10:51 PM

personally I'm a big fan of common garden worms and wouldn't want to kill them.

motorhomes4sale 12-10-2005 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mab
personally I'm a big fan of common garden worms and wouldn't want to kill them.




Im not a fan so how should I kill them

shazzbat 12-10-2005 11:00 PM


"batgirl" wrote in message
...
Dear god, what is the matter with you???

"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
message ...

What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?


We're gardeners.
We like worms.
Worms are our friends.

Steve



Brian 12-10-2005 11:17 PM


"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
message ...

What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
worm casts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I can't see any good reason for killing worms on/in a family lawn. It's
bad enough that grass sports' managers have to do so for the finest of
grasses. Imagine worm casts on a golf green?!
Unfortunately worm killing is an important part of the sport industry.
Below was pasted from Oxford University's croquet site.
I would not have thought that such a trivial sport demanded such fine
grass.
Best Wishes Brian.


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Worm casts however act as sites for weed growth, blunts the lawn mower and

encourage birds on to the lawn. They can start lifting the turf as they peck
at dark spots on the lawn - creating larger dark spots.
The best time to control worms is during their mating season in
October/November when they are most active near the surface. The effective
old method was to use Chlordane which unfortunately is now banned for use in
this country. The more modern solutions are not so effective.




cineman 12-10-2005 11:25 PM

how cruel and self defeating to boot.
Brush the worm cast's back onto the surface and spread them around.
Worms are doing your job for you creating small tunnels underground
providing lovely friable soil and drainage. What more could one ask of poor
little creatures who provide good soil and breakdown waste vegetation, and
provide wild bird food, not to mention frog food.
And all you want to do is annihilate them ???

regards
Cineman

(why use one word when 40 will do)

"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
message ...

What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
worm casts.


--
motorhomes4sale




Mike Lyle 12-10-2005 11:35 PM

cineman wrote:
[...]

The urg messages haven't appearrd on GardenBanter, so we may as well
save our fingers.

--
Mike.



Gary Woods 12-10-2005 11:54 PM

"Mike Lyle" wrote:

The urg messages haven't appearrd on GardenBanter, so we may as well
save our fingers.


Am I the only one reading this thread and thinking "This has _got_ to be a
troll?"
I see something like this once in a while and the OP never participates in
the thread.
In the former North American colonies, the only surviving worms are Costeau
fans...

Cold, drizzly, gloomy.... not going to get much sympathy from the Brits, am
I?


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Mike Lyle 12-10-2005 11:59 PM

Gary Woods wrote:
"Mike Lyle" wrote:

The urg messages haven't appearrd on GardenBanter, so we may as

well
save our fingers.


Am I the only one reading this thread and thinking "This has _got_

to
be a troll?"
I see something like this once in a while and the OP never
participates in the thread.


Had a look at GardenBanter, and he's just come back, so I think he's
regrettably genuine.

In the former North American colonies, the only surviving worms are
Costeau fans...

Cold, drizzly, gloomy.... not going to get much sympathy from the
Brits, am I?


Nope. But think: you could be in Maine!

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Mike.
[...]



Cereus-validus....... 13-10-2005 02:20 AM

You don't have to do anything at all, Trailer-trash.

Just let the red red robins come bob bob bobbin' along.

The hungry birds will eat them all up for you.


"motorhomes4sale" wrote in
message ...

What product can I buy to kill the worms in my lawn ?

I have a lovely lawn but this time of year I get a big problem with
worm casts.


--
motorhomes4sale




An Oasis 13-10-2005 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by motorhomes4sale
Im not a fan so how should I kill them

I'd suggest 5 - 6 tonnes of tarmac! Failing that how about using paraquat!! Or if these methods fail and you're still stuck import 6,000 chickens, that should do the trick.


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