Would earthworms in your mj pots be beneficial?

tokinjoe89 · 06-29-2009, 08:47 PM

Would live earthworms (nightcrawlers) in the soil with your mj plants be beneficial? Would they hurt the root system at all or just be casting machines?? Im just thinking that maybe it would be a good thing to have

**Underarock** · 06-29-2009, 11:04 PM

I'm sure they would be benificial
"In an organic environment"
You wouldn't be able to use the chemical ferts

I'm not sure how well they would like the confined space
not like they would complain alot
you would have to have a significant dead organic stuff in the dirt for them to eat

I guess they could escape easy enough if they really didn't like it
I've seen them crossing hot concrete when there was too much water in the ground

can you picture them crossing your carpet?

tokinjoe89 · 06-29-2009, 11:10 PM

good point.... I hadnt taken that into account (them needing food, that is) I guess it just looked better on paper haha

**Underarock** · 06-29-2009, 11:17 PM

it's not a bad idea
my backyard is packed with them ( I have a compost pile )
I could grow absolute monsters here [oh yeah

says no]

I don't know of anyone trying them in an indoor enviroment
I figure 5 or 10 in a 5 gallon pot wouldn't hurt anything
worst case....they die

ILLEGAL-SEED · 06-29-2009, 11:46 PM

i was going to try it this grow but ended up not because i didnt want to see them all over the floor. lol

if your growing completley organic, wich means not one chemical, they should be happy. i would try keeping a lot of fresh organic material on the to of the dirt. such as leaves and stuff. im not too sure what worms eat really.

im sure they could provide a little castings. they can probably help out the microbe populations too.

**Underarock** · 06-30-2009, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ILLEGAL-SEED

. im not too sure what worms eat really.

im sure they could provide a little castings. they can probably help out the microbe populations too.

they're a little herd of vegans
anything but meat
bannana peels...tomatoes....lettuce...they love dry dog food

*Luke Highwalker* · 06-30-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Underarock

they're a little herd of vegans
anything but meat
bannana peels...tomatoes....lettuce...they love dry dog food

now i have this mental picture of a bunch of gay worms, wearing pastel bandannas walking through the garden in formation performing a scene from "Grease"

bloodysafety · 07-03-2009, 10:31 AM

I use worms in all my plants all the time. Here's the deal though. Nightcrawlers are not good choices, mostly because they are deep burrowers(18+ inches under) and they just get too big to keep in a pot. Red worms are the way to go. they are smaller, burrow much shallower, reproduce faster and eat more! I bought a 20$ "culture" from a worm bin supplier and quickly had enough to supply our myriad of houseplants and my garden.

We also keep a worm bin to keep populations up. if a pot stops showing signs of activity we just add more worms and food.

SERENITY1 · 07-04-2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Underarock

I'm sure they would be benificial
"In an organic environment"
You wouldn't be able to use the chemical ferts

I'm not sure how well they would like the confined space
not like they would complain alot
you would have to have a significant dead organic stuff in the dirt for them to eat

I guess they could escape easy enough if they really didn't like it
I've seen them crossing hot concrete when there was too much water in the ground

can you picture them crossing your carpet?

Lol i can picture them crossing carpet as i have seen my red wigglers do exactly that.!! They didnt make it to the Promised Land... I had to much produce(tomatoes) in my container and it got to wet.. I think earthworms in your buckets are a waste of time personally... Just use the castings... Grow red wigglers

hydrotech420 · 07-10-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ILLEGAL-SEED

i was going to try it this grow but ended up not because i didnt want to see them all over the floor. lol

if your growing completley organic, wich means not one chemical, they should be happy. i would try keeping a lot of fresh organic material on the to of the dirt. such as leaves and stuff. im not too sure what worms eat really.

im sure they could provide a little castings. they can probably help out the microbe populations too.

Its getting to110f here during the days,went out to bring in my entire grow because of intense heat and found a shitload of them dead on top of the mix.Black 3 gal buckets never knew i had worms.PEACE

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