No, not so. There are many species of earthworm in the soil, which species do best depends on the conditions. The tiger worms that you want in the compost heap outperform the other worms in high humus conditions (like a compost heap). Allow the compost heap contact with the earth, and they will get in and breed rapidly.

If you compare different parts of your garden, in your veg beds you'll find lots of Lumbricus, but if you look under piles of rotting vegetation you should find the tiger worms. In other words, you have all the worms you need in the garden, but which type is most abundant depends on the conditions in that particular square foot of garden. No need to spend the time and effort buying them in!

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Judith;910640 Wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:17:16 +0000, Alan
wrote:
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In message , wrote-
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wormery is well worth considering.-

In my experience a dalek type bin that doesn't heat up too much will
often contain thousands of worms who find their own way in (if the bin
is installed on earth).-


But - those are common or garden earth worms (no surprise there) -



No, not so. There are many species of earthworm in the soil, which
species do best depends on the conditions. The tiger worms that you want
in the compost heap outperform the other worms in high humus conditions
(like a compost heap). Allow the compost heap contact with the earth,
and they will get in and breed rapidly.

If you compare different parts of your garden, in your veg beds you'll
find lots of Lumbricus, but if you look under piles of rotting
vegetation you should find the tiger worms. In other words, you have all
the worms you need in the garden, but which type is most abundant
depends on the conditions in that particular square foot of garden. No
need to spend the time and effort buying them in!
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kay

So true there!! Every time I turn my new compost over, there are dozens of
worms there. Enough to sell and make some money ;-))

Moved some logs ready to bring into the dry the other day and there were
worms under there ;-)

Mike


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