Gardening

handmade34

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5. same here

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 08:42 PM

Mar 2020

20+ years ago there were no earthworms in my soon to be garden... now they are prolific after years of adding compost, chicken manure and organic matter such as leaves from my woods

worm castings are excellent fertilizer and there is no reason not to use them... doesn't seem to be a problem with potential runoff although if you are certified organic, there is a concern

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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