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wormcasts
The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone
suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Jane B. 8 Nov 04 |
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'Jane',
You are fortunate to have worms in your lawn as they are great aerators of the soil and there is nothing you can do about the casts appearing. You need a birch besom similar to the one in this site http://www.and1e.freeserve.co.uk/ and it will enable you to scatter the casts, preferably on a dry day, by using it with a swinging|sweeping action. It is also a good tool for clearing your lawn of leaves and other debris. Regards, Emrys Davies. "brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Jane B. 8 Nov 04 |
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'Jane',
Forgot to say that when you go to Aurthur's site make sure you have your speakers on because, apart from a nice wave, he has some pleasant music playing. Regards, Emrys Davies. "Emrys Davies" wrote in message ... 'Jane', You are fortunate to have worms in your lawn as they are great aerators of the soil and there is nothing you can do about the casts appearing. You need a birch besom similar to the one in this site http://www.and1e.freeserve.co.uk/ and it will enable you to scatter the casts, preferably on a dry day, by using it with a swinging|sweeping action. It is also a good tool for clearing your lawn of leaves and other debris. Regards, Emrys Davies. "brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Jane B. 8 Nov 04 |
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"brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Sweep them with a lawn rake. You cannot stop them unless you kill the worms which would not be a sensible thing to do. If the lawn is always waterlogged in your small garden might it not be a better idea to do away with the lawn? |
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"brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Be thankful for your good luck. Entice them into your flower beds by putting rottable vegetable matter on the surfaces. Franz |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:49:34 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: "brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Be thankful for your good luck. Entice them into your flower beds by putting rottable vegetable matter on the surfaces. How's your worm farm/bulb basket? We produce roughly 500 gms of vegetable waste daily and the worms handle it at about 50 gms per day. IOW the whole exercise is a waste of effort. I also planted some bulbs in a few of those planters. They are too shallow and the openings are too large. I had to line them all with a few layers of newspaper to prevent the compost from falling straight out. You were quite right. They are not worth anything. For those urglers who might wish to try them out now that they have started appearing in a number of garden centres, they are green plastic containers, originally produced by or for van Tubingen, the message is: don't waste your money. Franz |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:22:04 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:49:34 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann" wrote: "brianlb" wrote in message ... The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Be thankful for your good luck. Entice them into your flower beds by putting rottable vegetable matter on the surfaces. How's your worm farm/bulb basket? We produce roughly 500 gms of vegetable waste daily and the worms handle it at about 50 gms per day. IOW the whole exercise is a waste of effort. I also planted some bulbs in a few of those planters. They are too shallow and the openings are too large. I had to line them all with a few layers of newspaper to prevent the compost from falling straight out. You were quite right. In fact it was my wife, who was right ... as usual. Please don't forget to tell her that next time I will heed her warnings. They are not worth anything. For those urglers who might wish to try them out now that they have started appearing in a number of garden centres, they are green plastic containers, originally produced by or for van Tubingen, the message is: don't waste your money. It's a good job you didn't buy too many. The question now becomes: How big does a wormery have to be to be able to process kitchen waste as fast as it is produced by a family of 2? Franz -- Martin |
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On 11/8/04 4:07 AM, in article ,
"brianlb" wrote: The grass in my smallish back garden is covered in wormcasts. Can anyone suggest how to get rid of them (especially when incessant rain keeps them wet) and in particular how to stop new ones appearing all the time? Jane B. 8 Nov 04 Worm castings are high in nutrients needed by plants. By happy you have them...there are many who do not. If you must disperse them drag a heavy chain over them, use a rake or look at them and say "Wow, look at the work my worms are doing! 24-7". Then, be happy! Watch for them every day and if anyone drops in, take them out to your yard and show them how hard your worms are working...your friends will be envious and will wonder "How does she do that?" Tell them it's a family secret...and when you find out what the secret is tell them. Gary |
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I leave them as the rain washes them away in the end |
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