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hi, i have an allotment in a walled garden in kilmarnock Scotland. my problem is there are no worms enywhere in the garden.No one has found a single worm in the two years the allotments have been running. has enyone eny idea how this can be?
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Has anyone tried digging in some home made compost, well rotted horse manure or similar?
Find yourself some well rotted horse poop and dig it into the garden - we moved several (quite literal) tons of the stuff to fill my parents and future in laws gardens from a pile that my godmothers ponies obligingly filled. I don't think there was an inch of it that wasn't filled with worms! Certainly it took us an extra five minutes to fish them out from the back of the Land Rover after we'd finished for the day.
That would certainly help restock your allotments. What used to be in the walled garden before it was turned into allotments? It seems odd for you not to see any. Is the ground particularly dry forcing them further south than you'd dig normally? (I assume not since its Scotland the home of the menacing grey rain cloud).
Hi,
You might have New Zealand flatworms .... see the article below for info.
Apparently they feed on earthworms .... not nice!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/ken-thompson/9080122/New-Zealand-flatworms-should-we-worry.html
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I think you'd see NZ flats if you'd got those.
I reckon the muck advice is good.
Is it very acid? I read that worms aren't keen on very acid soil. I've never gardened on acid soil so no first hand knowledge here.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I am not sure about that Nut, my soil is very acid, on the edge of Dartmoor, every shovel of soil is full of worms. Isnt having no worms a sign of sour soil?
Probably best to put as much muck as possible maybe some lime in the Autumn to sweeten it?
I may have mis-remembered Lyn, quite likely with my brain
In the sticks near Peterborough
Wormless, does the earth actually produce good plants?
Maybe so Art, because they aerate the soil taking down any compost or mulch you put on, also no worms is usually a sign that the soil is sour and needs a boost.
What was your veg like last year wormless? if it was good, then I suppose it doesn't matter.
Brilliant Greg well done what do you grow, veg or flowers