strange doings

[China_cat]

Cleaning out the containers to get ready for this year's crop...we were going to sift the soil, mix it with a lot of compost and reuse...we found the soil that was fairly sterile when it was new last year was teeming with earthworms. In all 15 containers. I don't understand how as the containers are up off the ground.

The only thing I can think of is that the Worm Poop I used to fertilize also contained eggs (or whatever worms develop from) and they've grown from that. But I've got the most beautiful soil now to put my tomatoes in.

[wildeyed]

1. Bonus!

Talk about low maintenance gardening!

[NMDemDist2]

2. i wish we had earthworms

*sigh*

good for you!! and probably just in time, they were probably getting hungry....

[knitter4democracy]

3. Do you have a kid who digs them up and puts them in there?

My son did that all last summer. He even said, for a Thanksgiving kindergarten project last fall, that he was thankful for worms. I'm pretty sure all of my containers have worms in them.

[China_cat]

4. My youngest is 36, 2500 miles away and hates worms.

No, and no kids in the neighborhood either. Or at least none that would do a good thing like that.

[knitter4democracy]

5. Hmm. That is odd, then.

There had to be worm babies in there, then. How do they reproduce?

[China_cat]

6. From what I can find, they lay eggs

Which are, evidently, very, very tiny. So, theoretically anyway, the Worm Poop -could- be how they got there

[Kolesar]

8. First, they put on an album by Gino Vermicelli

[momto3]

7. Yes..

Worm poop is full of worm eggs. It is a great fertilizer plus a great way to increase the worms in your garden.

Tracy

[knitter4democracy]

9. I am soooo getting that for my containers, then.

Great to know! Thanks!