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Earthworms in potted plants

clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
edited March 2023 in Wildlife gardening
I have been decanting quite a few plants from pots. The pots have ranged in size and the larger ones @10-50 litres, all had worms in them. Generally a few medium-sized but at the bottom of each pot, near the drainage, there would be a really fat, long, worm! Almost as if these fat worms were acting as a sentry or guard! Is this usual? When I planted my plants into my garden soil, I kept the worms in the soil of their already chosen plants. Do some worms actively prefer to live in pots? 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I suppose they'd move out of they didn't😉
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  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Yes, they seemed very at home! But the fat ones at the bottom of each pot - some kind of doorkeeper!  :open_mouth:
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I always find some fat, juicy ones too. I don't mind them in outside pots but in inside pots is not at all encouraged.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Oh yes, why don't you encourage them? Is it on aesthetic grounds?
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  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    It's called a sentry worm.
  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 812
    It's not really, I just made that up  :D
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Oh how unpleasant @pansyface, but the birds will be pleased?!
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  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Very plausible though @MikeOxgreen!!!  :open_mouth:
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Poor worm in his castle rich worm at the gate and all that @clematisdorset
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Oh right, just re-read that: ...inside as in... indoors! Ok, makes sense. I found an earthworm in my over-wintered aubretia potted plant last week when I re-potted/potted-on. The worm had fallen onto the table actually, it was lucky I went back and happened to see it! It had been no trouble all winter indoors, so the worm was potted-on too... :wink:
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