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Raised bed, do I need worms?

Andy42Andy42 Posts: 3
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I have just filled my new (6' x 6') raised bed with new soil from my garden centre. It came in 30l bags and looks dark and fertile, but I think it needs more nourishment. Should I add worms, and perhaps manure?

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  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,573

    WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON PLANTING IN IT? NOT EVERY PLANT DOES WELL IN RICH SOIL.

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,453

    What's underneath the new soil?

    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first” 
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364

    I have done the sums on my now bordered flower beds and I  think I will need at least  two cubic metres of soil. 

    I have quite a lot of my home made garden compost which is full of worms. I think adding that would help, build yourself a worm "farm".




    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532

    Worms will find their way naturally.image

  • B3B3 Posts: 24,490

    'Build it and they will come' image

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,453
    Logan says:

    Worms will find their way naturally.image

    See original post

    Unless there's a big thick layer of hardcore or some such underneath. Hence my question image

    B3 - I was trying to avoid saying that image

    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first” 
  • Andy42Andy42 Posts: 3

    Thanks all for your responses to my worm issues! I have put a membrane at the bottom of the bed, so they might not come in so readily... I'm planning on alpines, plus bergenia and some grasses. Should be OK?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,782
    Andy42 says:

    ....  I have put a membrane at the bottom of the bed, so they might not come in so readily......

     They'll arrive ... don't you worry image

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • Andy42Andy42 Posts: 3

    OK, thanks for your advice! A

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