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2. Most all the earthworms we see are non native invasive species

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Sat Mar 7, 2020, 08:10 PM

Mar 2020

Their castings are good for plants and they help in the life cycle of supportive fungi but
overall our common earthworm are not good for the environment. In the vast majority of
our forested ecosystems they digest the leaf litter before it can become thick enough to
help in the forest floor's biodynamics.

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Repost from Lounge -- where the gardeners must be out for dinner. [View all] Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 OP

not quite clear about question handmade34 Mar 2020 #1

Okay. Good question. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #3

Well, they're not dead, so WhiteTara Mar 2020 #7

Thank you! Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #8

Okay, on rereading, WhiteTara Mar 2020 #9

+1 Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #10

Most all the earthworms we see are non native invasive species Botany Mar 2020 #2

I did not know that. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #4

same here handmade34 Mar 2020 #5

That's good to know. Thank you. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #6

Worm casting are fine for edible food growing. Commercial fertilizers are as well. NutmegYankee Mar 2020 #11

I have been using osmocote as a fertilizer. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #12

I get it from Pro-Mix soils and had gotten it in a plastic tub from gardeners.com. NutmegYankee Mar 2020 #13

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #14

I'd look online. NutmegYankee Mar 2020 #15

LOL! Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #16