Earthworms in my Earthtainer - How Did They Get There?

Irv Wiseguy · April 16, 2011

I have one Earthtainer on a concrete pad in my back yard. This morning I was refreshing the mix for the new growing season and when I was digging out last year's fertilizer I found a bunch of earthworms in there. I'm curious how they got there. I don't think they'd crawl out of the ground, across the concrete, up the side of the container and go in through a hole in the plastic cover! I carefully dug them out and put them in the in-ground part of my garden.

Last year I didn't have any problem with Hornworms and one day saw a blue jay fly out of the garden with a green limp worm in its mouth (thank you birdies!). I wonder if one flew onto the Earthtainer with an earthworm in its mouth and exchanged it for a hornworm.

Has anybody else seen earthworms in their containers?

Thanks

Irv

April 16, 2011	#1
Irv Wiseguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 281	Earthworms in my Earthtainer - How Did They Get There? I have one Earthtainer on a concrete pad in my back yard. This morning I was refreshing the mix for the new growing season and when I was digging out last year's fertilizer I found a bunch of earthworms in there. I'm curious how they got there. I don't think they'd crawl out of the ground, across the concrete, up the side of the container and go in through a hole in the plastic cover! I carefully dug them out and put them in the in-ground part of my garden. Last year I didn't have any problem with Hornworms and one day saw a blue jay fly out of the garden with a green limp worm in its mouth (thank you birdies!). I wonder if one flew onto the Earthtainer with an earthworm in its mouth and exchanged it for a hornworm. Has anybody else seen earthworms in their containers? Thanks Irv