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Re: Earthworms?????
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Posted by Cue P. on March 02, 2006 at 09:31:37 from (66.236.176.98):
In Reply to: Re: Earthworms????? posted by Way Up Here on March 02, 2006 at 07:03:21:
I"m no expert either and your results after the earthworm invasion seem to indicate they were the problem, but you may want to also look at your composting mixture. Composting only vegetable matter may have lead to the type of compact soil condition you had as well. We tend to mix other matter such as clean sawdust or cow barn manure/shavings mix as well as some fall leaves and even old hay (run it thru a lawn mower or chopper first). This along with adding soil to the mix and constantly turning the whole pile over once in a while greatly improves the soil makeup. That being said, i"ve also heard what was said below about the red wrigglers being the better type of worm to have.
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