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  • #1

    Is there such a thing as a bad worm?

    I've re-posted this on Digging Around - sorry wrong forum.

    Hi - newbie to most things here

    My raised beds are full of worms which I know is good, but lots of them are pale, not red wrigglers. They are a similar size and thickness to normal earth worms, but a bit shorter and whitish. If they are good I'll ferry them into the PT where there doesn't seem to be as many. (the ones in the PT look like normal earthworms but not very many of them) Apart from the worms the soil in my beds looks and feels lovely.

    Any advice?
    Last edited by judy2shoes; 21-05-2013, 09:37 PM. Reason: Wrong Forum
    "Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage" Anais Nin.

    "Or according to the size of your polytunnell" Judy Elliott
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    They sound like the ones we had in the unimproved clay.
    Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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    • #3
      thanks, I was beginning to think it was a stupid question as no one was replying! I read ages ago somewhere that white worms are an indication of alkaline soil but can't find the thread. I'll keep looking.
      "Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage" Anais Nin.

      "Or according to the size of your polytunnell" Judy Elliott

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      • #4
        The only bad worms that I know of are those New Zealand worms that eat our worms, they are yucky flat things that don't really look anything like our earth worms. I can't exactly answer your question because I haven't come across any white worms but I'm sure they are ok.
        The best things in life are not things.

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        • #5
          Yay thanks!
          "Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage" Anais Nin.

          "Or according to the size of your polytunnell" Judy Elliott

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          • #6
            Worms are generally happy where they are.
            Unless you have just tied them to a piece of string and dipped them into the canal.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by judy2shoes View Post
              I read ages ago somewhere that white worms are an indication of alkaline soil
              Enchytraeus albidus

              ...are an important member of soil life, and tend to prefer drier conditions than earthworms do.

              They are most numerous when fed proteins or carbohydrates, rather than fruit & veg, which is why most people never see them in the compost heap

              http://www.trjfas.org/pdf/issue_4_1/05_07.pdf
              Last edited by Two_Sheds; 23-05-2013, 10:21 AM.
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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