earthworms in pots?

[Astro84]

This morning i was checking all my potted plants (including my veggies and a carob tree i oddly found growing down the side of the house that i stuck in a pot) I usually just look under at the pots to see if any roots are coming thru and i usually noticed worm castings (i didn't know they were worm castings until today) under the pot of the carob plant, after pulling it out to check the roots, i found 2 little earthworms happily going about their day, and the little plant was doing fine, since they've been going through the soil the worm castings have been falling through the drain holes.

 

 

anyway, My question of the day is... Will it be much benefit to drop in a couple of worms into your pots to nourish the soil and give nutriants to your plants or would it be better they dont reside in your pots?

[brick]

I did that after digging up a couple of earth worms. Threw them in my pot, they may have died though as the pots got pretty warm and the soil dried up pretty quickly. I would use more if I could find them. Gotta keep the soil moist all the time.

[Pure]

It's kind of a balance imo , yes there are advantages to having the waste worms create waste in the ground or pots but they will also do damage to the root's as that will basically be it's food source ( particularly in a pot ) so if your population got out of control then the negative would far out weight the positive imo

 

Best way to implement the advantages of worms imo is to mix in castings at the preparation stage of the soil, using worm juice , or making a tea from the castings pretty well in that order personal preferance wise

[Radic]

they will also do damage to the root's as that will basically be it's food source ( particularly in a pot ) so if your population got out of control then the negative would far out weight the positive imo

not true

worms will not eat the roots

they eat compost not live roots

i put a hanfull from my wormfarm in my potz regularly

they wont stay in the pot when its too hot,too cold, too dry, too wet

or no food for them

the love to be comfey

so if you put some mulsh on the top of the pot the worms will stay and eat the mulsh

your plants will egjoy the bennifets

the problem with mulsh is it may interfear with some nutrients especcialy if it is green

the microbal population will be affected too for a short period of time after you frist add the mulsh

worms love coco peat too they will stay for dat

coco is a much better option

i first experminted with adding worms to the pot years ago

i was getting about 10% increase in yeild from worms in pots as compared to no worms

i have always added worms to my pots

irey guidance

[spartan]

not true

worms will not eat the roots

they eat compost not live roots

i put a hanfull from my wormfarm in my potz regularly

they wont stay in the pot when its too hot,too cold, too dry, too wet

or no food for them

the love to be comfey

so if you put some mulsh on the top of the pot the worms will stay and eat the mulsh

your plants will egjoy the bennifets

the problem with mulsh is it may interfear with some nutrients especcialy if it is green

the microbal population will be affected too for a short period of time after you frist add the mulsh

worms love coco peat too they will stay for dat

coco is a much better option

i first experminted with adding worms to the pot years ago

i was getting about 10% increase in yeild from worms in pots as compared to no worms

i have always added worms to my pots

irey guidance

 

Radic,

 

Are you talking about composting worms here or earthworms? I am assuming Composting Worms. Could Earth worms really live in Coco?

[annaonthemountain]

they wont stay in the pot when its too hot,too cold, too dry, too wet

or no food for them

the love to be comfey

 

And if the soil is good they will come back again. I have never added them intentionally, but they always arrive by themselves into pots that I have outside - for mj and veges or whatever.

[Pure]

Worms will eat any organic matter that they can for waste that is what makes them so usefully in a compost bin if the roots are their best source of food they certainly can and do eat them . end of the day it's a good vs bad weight up and my comment was about allowing the worm population to get out of control and to that point and to show there are certainly ways of adding the good without the potential risks.

[Astro84]

would adding 1-3 worms be safe? how many are needed to reproduce or are they asexual so they'll just keep multiplying...?

[Radic]

yes i am talking composting worms

red tigers

tru they are different to earth worms

but they do do the same ting

 

irey pure

true ballance is crucial

but the worms will not eat live roots

i have never seen evidence of that

they simply leave the pot if the population is to big

which just cant happen cause they dont breed that fast

they only have 1 egg per season each

cannabis seedlings will often germinate inside my worm farm and grow happly till i take dem out

some seedlings i leave in there and the worms do not eat them till the seedling dies from lack of sunlight

btw

the only tingz i put in my worm farm is water, worms and cannabis waste

so cannabis is all the worms have to eat and yet they still dont eat the live seedlings or the roots

i will take some pix for yah

imo

worms are a gardners best friend

irey guidance

[Radic]

Could Earth worms really live in Coco?

yes they would love it

coco is what is recomended to start a new worm farm

ofcourse temp and moisture content must be comfy for the worms to stay in the pot

which usually doesnt happen around here in nimbin

maybe you have the climate for it??????????

irey annaonthemountai...

if the soil is good they will come back again

right on

i have seen this too

the worms will come back

irey guidance