I just found this video after searching to see if too many worms are harmful to gardens. I have never seen this worm nor even seen the coffee ground-like residue it leaves behind, until this year. The ground was softened in an area where we cut down a tree, both around the stump and a huge circle a short distance from it. At first, I thought it was due to all the rain and the possibility of the stump and roots rotting quicker than normal. Just using my foot I moved the soil around and they were there. My hosta gardens are new to me and we have used a lot of seafood compost sold locally by the truckload. However not on this particular spot. Oakland Maine. :-(
The Indian blues sometimes thrash like this too. And some said even other worms does it too. The main points are the very bright white or yellow band, plust snake like movement instead of contracting and extending. Their thrashing is also side to side. They are also fast moving.
No. This is how jumping worms spread. It is illegal to propagate or possess them without a wildlife importation permit from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Just found them in a bag of Coast of Maine compost!! I thought they heat sterilized this product but apparently not......I love their products but this is insane.
I believe I've introduced these worms via Coast of Maine compost, too. Did not have any issues in our garden until the season I used their compost. Really tragic.
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I just found this video after searching to see if too many worms are harmful to gardens. I have never seen this worm nor even seen the coffee ground-like residue it leaves behind, until this year. The ground was softened in an area where we cut down a tree, both around the stump and a huge circle a short distance from it. At first, I thought it was due to all the rain and the possibility of the stump and roots rotting quicker than normal. Just using my foot I moved the soil around and they were there. My hosta gardens are new to me and we have used a lot of seafood compost sold locally by the truckload. However not on this particular spot. Oakland Maine. :-(
It just takes 1 to put 300 eggs
Do other worms have this banding? I remember finding worms with the band as a kid 30 years ago in Pittsburgh suburbs.
The Indian blues sometimes thrash like this too. And some said even other worms does it too. The main points are the very bright white or yellow band, plust snake like movement instead of contracting and extending. Their thrashing is also side to side. They are also fast moving.
We hope to live in ME soon. Ugh. Not sure but we may have them at our house in Vermont. They are taking over! 😢
Can you use them for fish bait?
No. This is how jumping worms spread. It is illegal to propagate or possess them without a wildlife importation permit from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
I just found them in my garden in Freeport
Will mustard powder from brown mustard seed work or does it have to be yellow?
Just found them in Mount Vernon.
Have chickens
Just found them in a bag of Coast of Maine compost!! I thought they heat sterilized this product but apparently not......I love their products but this is insane.
I believe I've introduced these worms via Coast of Maine compost, too. Did not have any issues in our garden until the season I used their compost. Really tragic.
It's awesome
Infested here in Manchester, Me
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