2007-03-15 04:34:04 · 7 answers · asked by skeezycheeses 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If your garden has no earthworms then buying them is a complete waste of time. Instead you need to focus your energy (and money) on making a healthy environment that will encourage them to come back to your garden naturally.
Have you already taken a "worm census?" Dig a hole that is 12" X 12" X 7" and count the number of worms you find. This really is the most simple way to determine how healthy your soil is because if there are plenty of worms (at least 10) this means #1.there is plenty of food for them to eat. You know how it works, if there is plenty of food for them they will invite their friends and have lots of little worm babies.
Wormy soil has lots of organic matter, is well aerated and drained, and has a pH of about 6.0 to 7.0. In other words it is a direct reflection of how healthy your soil actually is. Add compost if necessary but i warn you now if you buy worms and put them where there is no food or poor living conditions they will just leave.
One other piece of advice, don't use a tiller unless absolutely necessary this just kills the worms that are there (if your soil is healthy they will come back though) and compacts the ground underneath which will lead to other problems with drainage etc...
2007-03-15 07:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get near a stream or body of water, put a few Rebar rods about 3' into the ground, 2' above, wrap Bright Yellow Tape or Orange Tape on the tops. Wait till Dusk, tap the bars horizontally with a hammer.EARTHWORMS!
You wanna ask the people that own the land and you want to be sure and pull up that Rebar so nobody has an accident.
I do not know if that still works, but it did twenty years ago when my granpaw showed me how to do that.
We went fishing the next day.
2007-03-15 05:08:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try wiggly wrigglers if you are in the UK. I think they do them for compost. If you haven't got any worms in your flower beds, and it's not still freezing winter where you are, then the fertility of the soil is the problem. When the soil is fertile you get loads of worms naturally. Start to increase the soil fertility by incorporating a lot of compost matter. Build a good compost heap, and compost all your kitchen waste apart from cooked meat stuff. Compost your leaf litter too. It might take a while but unless the soil is good, your worms won't stay in it anyway, even if you buy them.
2007-03-15 04:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skip the website, earthworms are earthworms, search google maps for your closest baitshop. Then call them and ask for live earthworms.
2007-03-15 04:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by goddessmelanisia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you're buying worms that are meant to live in the ground, not in a bin. Unfortunately, if your soil is inhospitable they'll die, and that's why there are not enough worms there already. Good soil practices will encourage earthworms. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2134.html
2007-03-15 07:13:50 · answer #5 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Gardens Alive they should have them. You can find them on line at www.gardensalive.com
2007-03-15 05:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by 2littleiggies 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a golf course after a rain and pick your own at night...
2007-03-15 06:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋