gnosnhoj
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Re:European Night Crawlers - 2007/11/10 10:24
mitzi wrote:
...the primary reason I'm raising them is for introduction into flower beds and gardens with worm tube feeding stations...This is all a big experiment and it won't begin until next spring so we'll see how it goes.
Mitzi, I'd do a bit more research on ENCs.
Although they are named 'nightcrawler', they are surface dwellers much like EF. Unless a garden has regularly high levels of organic chow breaking down, like in a bin, it is highly unlikely they'll survive and proliferate in a standard garden bed.
With your feeding tube idea, I think they'd just congregate in the top 6" of it and not work through the garden as you anticipate. Native worms, however, would probably appreciate the feedstock too.
If it does work for you, great. Just offering my thoughts.
Y'all have fun, whatever you're doing.
Gary
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