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    Forum: VermicompostingReplies: 2, Views: 53
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    Light_for_Jesus
    (Zone 6b)

    April 23, 2009 7:08 AM

    Post #6451056

    I was going to make some raised beds this year for vegetables, and wondered if I could just put the worms in there with the plants. .

    Also, was someone saying that these worms were killing trees? That sounds serious.

    Qinx
    Fredericksburg, VA (Zone 7a)

    April 23, 2009 1:09 PM

    Post #6451605

    Hi,

    Red Wigglers will not survive just out in a garden. You'd want earthworms for your raised bed.

    As for the rumor that worms are "killing" trees, they are not killing trees. They are composting the decaying material on the forest floor faster than in the past when there were no worms in the habitat of the forests. This is changing how the forest lives. Worms are not native to the areas being talked about.
    mamasworms
    Emeryville, CA

    June 6, 2009 2:36 AM

    Post #6648488

    Bentley over at redwormcomposting.com has some posts from a week or two back where he showed the results from digging trenches for his worms next to his vegetable garden. He got some great growth that way, but I think it took several pounds of worms to get the system moving.

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