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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "suspicious minds" contains these words: Firstly, the worms were sold to me by a firm which specialises in worm composting accessories. In which case they will not be 'earthworms'. Secondly, that url to which Kay used to draw our attention was written by someone whose professional research is concerned with a study of worms. Do I believe him ot you? As I studied the ecology of Earthworms extensively at university, I would suggest a third possibility: you have incorrectly remembered what you read on this site. If you would care to provide a direct link to your evidence, I will, of course, apologise. Similarly, if it turns out that you are mistaken, perhaps you could do the decent thing? I have read the site that Franz is on about and indeed it does say that the worms for composting can be obtained from your garden. What I think confuses Franz is the different types of worms that can be found in the garden. The site mentions that tiger worms etc are just fancy names for what are commonly known as brandlings (Eisenia foetida) and redworms and can easily be collected from compost heaps and under stones etc. It does not say that earthworms( Lumbricus terrestis) which found on lawns etc and are commonly known as lobworms are suitable for wormeries.I do not have the URL it's Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/ I posted a similar comment a couple of days ago, same conclusion as Suspicious. Franz misinterpreted what it said I did not misinterpret anything I read in that URL. I am not familiar with the name Lumbricus terrestis, so I would not have used it. There are other earthworms. Franz |
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In article , Franz Heymann
writes "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: I do not have any failed worms on my farm. They are thrivind and rotund. Rotund doesn't sound much like brandling worms. You're not using earthworms, by any chance? I bought them at great expense from a firm which sold them as worms for composting. Hoever, Kay used to have a url to a site on worm composting. I think it was produced by her better half. (The site, that is, not the compost. {:-)) There, it was stated quite unequivocally that it was unnecessary to obtain special worms for a wormery, and that garden earthworms were as good as anything. It's a bit misleading, that site. He means that by adding garden soil preferably turves or something with a high level of humus, you'll soon get your own supply of brandlings which breed quickly and like the high humus conditions of the compost heap - ie brandlings are one of the several species of worm that are around in the garden, and it's a bit of a waste of money to buy them - if you have the right conditions, they'll breed, if you don't have the right conditions, even bought ones won't be happy. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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