Please help

I have a lawn - approx 3 years since being laid and it is covered with
worm casts.

I try and sweep them off - but kids etc run on the lawn and squash a
nice patch of soil. The whole lawn is starting to look like a checkered
blanket

Thanks

Richard

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Intuition wrote:
Please help

I have a lawn - approx 3 years since being laid and it is covered
with
worm casts.

I try and sweep them off - but kids etc run on the lawn and squash
a
nice patch of soil. The whole lawn is starting to look like a
checkered blanket

My guess is that it'll settle down after a couple of years: your soil
clearly has a very high humus content, and once the worms have eaten
it you'll be back to normal. Even worms can destroy their
environment! Next step is a mole invasion to eat the worms, and
you'll wish you had the worm-casts back.

I wonder if daily sprinkling will bring the worms up to be eaten by
birds. There are worm-killers you can spray onto the lawn, but I
really wouldn't use them: knocking a link out of the food-chain is
bad for everybody.

If you always use the grass-box on your mower you'll take away the
food for the next generation of worms: dead leaves is what they eat.

Mike.

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Intuition wrote:
Please help

I have a lawn - approx 3 years since being laid and it is covered
with
worm casts.

I try and sweep them off - but kids etc run on the lawn and squash
a
nice patch of soil. The whole lawn is starting to look like a
checkered blanket

My guess is that it'll settle down after a couple of years: your soil
clearly has a very high humus content, and once the worms have eaten
it you'll be back to normal. Even worms can destroy their
environment! Next step is a mole invasion to eat the worms, and
you'll wish you had the worm-casts back.

I wonder if daily sprinkling will bring the worms up to be eaten by
birds. There are worm-killers you can spray onto the lawn, but I
really wouldn't use them: knocking a link out of the food-chain is
bad for everybody.

If you always use the grass-box on your mower you'll take away the
food for the next generation of worms: dead leaves is what they eat.

Mike.


there is no worm killer on the market and hasnt been for years as it was all
banned use of a systemic fungicide acts as a deterrent to casting worms ask
your local sports ground if they can help if your lawn is a small area then
a watering can is ok to apply the fungicide

In article , pied piper
writes



there is no worm killer on the market and hasnt been for years as it was all
banned use of a systemic fungicide acts as a deterrent to casting worms ask
your local sports ground if they can help if your lawn is a small area then
a watering can is ok to apply the fungicide


Which fungicide? That's something to note for people wanting to use a
fungicide against fungi - that it may kill your worms too.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , pied piper
writes



there is no worm killer on the market and hasnt been for years as it was
all
banned use of a systemic fungicide acts as a deterrent to casting worms
ask
your local sports ground if they can help if your lawn is a small area
then
a watering can is ok to apply the fungicide


Which fungicide? That's something to note for people wanting to use a
fungicide against fungi - that it may kill your worms too.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

like i said its a deterrent not a killer doh

In article , pied piper
writes

"Kay" wrote in message
...
In article , pied piper
writes



there is no worm killer on the market and hasnt been for years as it was
all
banned use of a systemic fungicide acts as a deterrent to casting worms
ask
your local sports ground if they can help if your lawn is a small area
then
a watering can is ok to apply the fungicide


Which fungicide? That's something to note for people wanting to use a
fungicide against fungi - that it may kill your worms too.
--

like i said its a deterrent not a killer doh


OK, I'll rephrase my question - perhaps someone else can answer since
you do not wish to:

Which fungicide? That's something to note for people wanting to use a
fungicide against fungi - that it may also cause a reduction in
beneficial worm action in your soil.


--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

"Intuition" wrote in message
...
Please help

I have a lawn - approx 3 years since being laid and it is covered with
worm casts.

I try and sweep them off - but kids etc run on the lawn and squash a
nice patch of soil. The whole lawn is starting to look like a checkered
blanket



If you want a nice lawn, keep the worms and get rid of the kids ;o)

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Regards,
Alan.

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