I know this sounds like an odd question, but it's for a science project. Can anyone help me out?
2007-09-30 04:53:00 · 4 answers · asked by heather 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
If I put a few earthworms in a pot of soil and planted a plant in the pot of soil, would the earthworms be able to survive? Or do they need to be in the soil outside?
2007-09-30 04:55:26 · update #1
It is not an odd question!
Earthworms can very well survuve in a Pot along with a potted plant .
To be sure take a large sized pot.
Put organic waste and turn the soil from time to time .
Do not put inorganic fertilizers or granulated fertilizers or any salts in the pot . ( N P K fertilizers I mean )
Keep it as natural as possible .
Organic fertilizers are welcomed by them!!!
2007-09-30 05:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can survive in potten plants if the soil is adiquite to their living soils and if it's watered every few days.
2007-09-30 12:00:23 · answer #2 · answered by Salliee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can, and actually tend to benefit the soil. Store-bought potting soil often has fertilizer pellets mixed into it (they look like tiny white or green lumps--kind of like "Nerds" candy). Anyway, those fertilizers are harmful to the worms; they burn their skin.
2007-09-30 12:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by Cocoanut Grove 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes they can survive
2007-09-30 11:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋