Worms
Hi folks. We moved into our house 2yrs ago. It has a mature garden with lots of bulbs, bushes and some trees. We have a lot of leaves fall into our garden from Ash, sycamore and beech. The lawn is fairly compacted and can be boggy in places but the beds drain well and the plants seem to do well.
So far I haven't found a single lobworm or earth worm.
We currently have 3 compost bins which are maintaining a host of tiger worms and the garden itself seems to support slugs, snails, beetles etc but no worms.
Will buying some worms be throwing my money away or is it likely to just need a kick start?
We plan to do veg beds this year and will be lacing them with a handful of blood bone and meal.
So far I haven't found a single lobworm or earth worm.
We currently have 3 compost bins which are maintaining a host of tiger worms and the garden itself seems to support slugs, snails, beetles etc but no worms.
Will buying some worms be throwing my money away or is it likely to just need a kick start?
We plan to do veg beds this year and will be lacing them with a handful of blood bone and meal.
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But you say that there is plenty leaf mould in your garden. So plenty of food for the worms there.
You haven’t been spraying the grass with any insecticides (to get rid of crane flies, for example) have you? Or been using Jeyes fluid on paths etc? Worms are very sensitive to chemical changes.
If not, I have no idea. But if worms aren’t occurring naturally, I think you are wasting your money on buying them in. They’ll just go elsewhere.
My thinking was the worms aren't here for a reason and adding some will just mean they die or go away.
I'll see what happens when we get the veggies going and have some more variety in the organic material being dug in.
Did find a lot of centipedes which I believe eat worms but again, the compost worms seem to have survived.
Slugs and snails of all variety do well too. As do woodlice. Just a bit weird not a red or lob worm to be discovered.
Just wondering if the pH of the soil makes a difference. Mine is very acid.
I'm going to be dealing with the lawn in the spring so hopefully improve matters.