i do synpathise with our problem of worm casts, as i to have them all over my lawn, a nightmare, its a mess and ive tried everything...so i understand your frustration x
Please forgive me if I sound rude it is not my intention. However it would help matters if the problem was understood in the first place.
It is no use telling me to "wait for a dry day" to brush off casts when I have already said that they are permently wet due to shade. Neither is it any use telling me to fertilise the lawn when I already do this.
up51r - Going by your comments I would suggest that you are the one bing rude.
moonchild2 - Please read my posts. I once had a beautiful almost golf green standard lawn so it is certainly not a lost battle. Your comments are simply unhelpful & some, of the more cynical, might say rather rude.
HOLEDIGGER - Thank you for your comments. I don't think this will work but once again thank you.
denise butcher - Thank you for your sympathy at least you have first hand experience of the problem.
jim ansell - Chemicals are available to deter, not eradicate worms, from lawns. But, to my knowledge, only under licence.(golf clubs, bowling clubs)
Once again thank you for your help. Well most of you anyway. Lets put this to bed now. The worms have won.
Sahira Ward - Thank you for this web page. At last a possible chemical solution. But albeit a very costly one. Intend exploring use of Sulphur95 & Carbenzamin. Whatever these products are.
Hi Billyc!! Not wanting to sound like I know everything, coz I sure don't! But having to look after my Mothers garden as she sadly past our way 2 years back! She too had this very same problem! She too had a regime with fertalisers n feeding stuffs!! n with three lawns looking on three different asspects, I decided to stop feeding! I scaryfy n airiate in early spring, give a good top dressing of a 50/50 mix of good garden compost n sharp sand n have to say, after a two year period, problem solved! Wondering if overfeeding is your problem?
I suggest a solution is to apply a worm cast control product in late September/October. The control product does not kill the worms but creates a barrier in the soil that the worms are not keen to pass through, as the control product is an irritant to their system. The worms will stay deeper in the soil and not cast.
Thank you Fonzie. I have explored the use of chemical deterrents but unfortunately they are far too expensive for me. I have followed Dean Lovett's advice & have not yet applied any fertiliser. I have also applied Sulphate of Iron to hopefully act as a irritant as you describe. Up to now I have not seen any wormcasts. Fingers crossed. What happens when I apply fertiliser (I must do as the grass is virtually nonexistent) is anyones guess. Thanks for the advice
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i do synpathise with our problem of worm casts, as i to have them all over my lawn, a nightmare, its a mess and ive tried everything...so i understand your frustration x
how do i rid the worms completely from my lawn
is there a natural chemical i can use to control the amount of worms in my lawn.?
Please forgive me if I sound rude it is not my intention. However it would help matters if the problem was understood in the first place.
It is no use telling me to "wait for a dry day" to brush off casts when I have already said that they are permently wet due to shade. Neither is it any use telling me to fertilise the lawn when I already do this.
up51r - Going by your comments I would suggest that you are the one bing rude.
moonchild2 - Please read my posts. I once had a beautiful almost golf green standard lawn so it is certainly not a lost battle. Your comments are simply unhelpful & some, of the more cynical, might say rather rude.
HOLEDIGGER - Thank you for your comments. I don't think this will work but once again thank you.
denise butcher - Thank you for your sympathy at least you have first hand experience of the problem.
jim ansell - Chemicals are available to deter, not eradicate worms, from lawns. But, to my knowledge, only under licence.(golf clubs, bowling clubs)
Once again thank you for your help. Well most of you anyway. Lets put this to bed now. The worms have won.
Sahira Ward - Thank you for this web page. At last a possible chemical solution. But albeit a very costly one. Intend exploring use of Sulphur95 & Carbenzamin. Whatever these products are.
Hi Billyc!! Not wanting to sound like I know everything, coz I sure don't! But having to look after my Mothers garden as she sadly past our way 2 years back! She too had this very same problem! She too had a regime with fertalisers n feeding stuffs!! n with three lawns looking on three different asspects, I decided to stop feeding! I scaryfy n airiate in early spring, give a good top dressing of a 50/50 mix of good garden compost n sharp sand n have to say, after a two year period, problem solved! Wondering if overfeeding is your problem?
I suggest a solution is to apply a worm cast control product in late September/October. The control product does not kill the worms but creates a barrier in the soil that the worms are not keen to pass through, as the control product is an irritant to their system. The worms will stay deeper in the soil and not cast.
Thank you Fonzie. I have explored the use of chemical deterrents but unfortunately they are far too expensive for me. I have followed Dean Lovett's advice & have not yet applied any fertiliser. I have also applied Sulphate of Iron to hopefully act as a irritant as you describe. Up to now I have not seen any wormcasts. Fingers crossed. What happens when I apply fertiliser (I must do as the grass is virtually nonexistent) is anyones guess. Thanks for the advice
The garden centres are selling a lawn worm cast suppressant called CastClear.
I have a solution to your problem BillyC, I tried a soil coditioner called Purity, i would recommend you give it a go.