Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:38:45 -0700 From: Rich Ellis <ricell@juno.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4021$foo@default> Subject: Re: Earthworms & CPs
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:36:22 -0800 "John Green" <HPJGREEN@ihc.com>
writes:
> If peat is poor in nutrients, wouldn't that also make the worm castings
> poor in nutrients? If that's the case, I'd think that . . . they are
> somehow eating a lot of the very smallest roots . . . which might
> cause the plant to deteriorate.
This has been my suspicion that without the medium they prefer, they are
nibbling away on the roots which is why the plants deteriorate.
Certainly there seems to be a correlation between poor root systems and
earthworms in the pots.
Rich
Boulder, Colorado http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8564/
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