Earthworm

This is What Happens When You Put Earthworm in Your garden soil 607,583 views 6.4K 273 SHARE Natural Ways Published on Jul 23, 2017 SUBSCRIBED 765K Earthworms are vital for good-soil. They aerate the soil as they move by burrowing small holes. They process organic-matter in their bodies and return vital compounds to the soil, increasing the nutrients available to plants. Let’s take a closer look at how earthworms benefit your garden. 1. Improves soil nutrient availability Earthworms help create humus, which is a dark brown-black type of soil that holds important nutrients in place for plant growth and use. The worms feed on plant debris such as manure, grass, leaves and dead roots, as well as the soil. The digestive-system of the worm concentrates the mineral and organic compounds in the food they consume, so their casts become richer in available nutrients than the soil around them When worms die, the body of a worm decomposes rather quickly, which further contributes to the nitrogen-content of the soil. 2.Better drainage Earthworms also improve drainage and prevent soil-erosion and waterlogging, as their extensive channeling and burrowing help to loosen and aerate the soil and improve soil-drainage. Research has found that soil with earthworms drain as much as 10-times faster than soil without earthworms. 3.Improved soil structure The casts of earthworms help to cement the soil particles together. These sticky substances “glue” the mineral particles together in the aggregates and, at the same time, in a kind of mutual-relationship, the mineral particles help to protect the organic-matter to some extent from microbial-attacks, thus preserving it for a longer time in the soil. When your soil has worm-castings, they help to improve the structure and fertility of every type of soil, even on reclaimed land that has little or no topsoil. As the castings are water soluble, they have an immediate positive impact on plant growth. Now, how to Attract Earthworms to Your Garden. If you have no earthworms, or very few, attracting them to your garden can allow you to take advantage of all of their benefits. • Add organic material. If there are few earthworms in your garden, it may be because your soil is compacted or low in organic-material. You can add chopped-leaves, straw, grass-clippings, dead-roots, semi-decomposed compost, and animal-manure to your garden which will allow worms to thrive. Earthworms feed on soil and dead or decaying plant remains, including straw, leaf litter and dead-roots as well as animal-dung. Earthworms prefer damp and cool environments, but not too dry, too wet or cold. The thicker the soil canopy, the easier it will be to maintain those desirable conditions. Earthworms don’t like acidic-soils with PH-levels less than 4.5. The addition of lime will raise pH while also adding calcium. They need a continuous supply of calcium, so are absent in soils lacking in this element. • Maintain a no-dig or bare minimum dig garden. The less digging, the better. Just dig enough to get new plants in. Let the earthworms do all the soil churning and turning. You can also consider to purchase earthworms or you can take them from your worm-farm and add them to the soil. NOTE: The materials and the information contained on Natural ways channel are provided for general and educational purposes only and do not constitute any legal, medical or other professional advice on any subject matter. None of the information on our videos is a substitute for a diagnosis and treatment by your health professional. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new diet or treatment and with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, promptly contact your health care provide. google plus: https://plus.google.com/b/11337960100... Images licensed under Creative Commons: www.wikihow.com canstockphoto.com www.pixabay.com Category Howto & Style License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS 264 Comments SORT BY Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Marco Paz Marco Paz 8 months ago (edited) Earthworms are so helpful for the plants.... we also used them for fishing in Guatemala... 81 REPLY View all 9 replies tortaboy tortaboy 8 months ago worms produce Humus, not Hummus. You eat Hummus. 43 REPLY View all 9 replies 1fanger 1fanger 7 months ago Just lay down some wet newspaper and throw a lot of grass and leaves onto it. You will kill the weeds and the worms will show up. Don`t forget hardwood ashes, they are actually alkaline and will help regulate soil pH. Throw on some bone meal. Forget animal manure, it may contain a lot of weed seed, unless you are sure it`s been sterilized, and, depending on the source, may contain hormones and other synthetic drugs from veterinarians and animal feed. Compost heaps attract worms. Read more 33 REPLY View all 2 replies Bee Bob Bee Bob 6 months ago My dad used to put a lot of leaves in the garden. Spring would come around and the leaves would be tilled under that were placed on top from the previous season. Man, worms all over the place. This year I was doing the gardening for mom since dad had passed away. I left the chopped up leaves on top as a natural mulch. I had little weeding to do. Planting seeds was easy. All I did was move the leaf mulch to the side in rows and plant. Anyway, while moving the leaves to the side all I saw were earthworms just under the leaf mulch. Fantastic crop. Little weeding. This fall I'll till everything under and then as the leaves are cleaned up and chopped up with the lawn mower I'll place these on top of the garden again. I'll see if it works just as well next year. Read more 27 REPLY View all 4 replies lorilemonade lorilemonade 8 months ago "I would never include in my list of friends anyone who would step needlessly upon a worm." -Ralph Waldo Emerson 71 REPLY View all 9 replies Defense General Defense General 5 months ago all these idiots that dump chemicals into their garden or grass to kill insects and other animals, stop. your food becomes toxic, and you don't know what you doing. 19 REPLY View all 5 replies Tim Houlihan Tim Houlihan 5 months ago Earthworms are truley amazing little creatures with multi purposes.It’s hard to believe such small creatures can do so much for the planet.🙂 15 REPLY View reply Offshoreorganbuilder Offshoreorganbuilder 7 months ago Was this aimed at primary school children? 14 REPLY View all 2 replies ralph ups ralph ups 8 months ago i throw earth worms into my compost bin in the garden,soil out of it is fantastic. 9 REPLY Harry Ford Harry Ford 8 months ago Great vid that was awesome 8 REPLY Asif Ali Asif Ali 6 months ago CAUTION:DO NOT PUT EARTH WORM'S IN POTING MIX.THEY WILL EAT THE ROOT SYSTEM ENTIRELY AND LEADS THE PLANT TO PETHETIC DEATH 28 REPLY View all 18 replies Geri Goz Geri Goz 8 months ago I could not listen to that voice so will remain unaware! 6 REPLY View reply Charles Broadway Charles Broadway 8 months ago Looks just like Shumer and Maxine. 5 REPLY View all 3 replies Michael Warren Michael Warren 8 months ago Fantastic Video!!! I discovered the value of Earthworms Several Years Ago and have set up a system of daily harvesting of Worm Tea for use in my Hydroponic Garden which is now a Vermiponic Garden...All Natural...All Organic. Anyone interested can email me @ mwarren50@gmail.com 3 REPLY The Best Stooge The Best Stooge 8 months ago My mom's house has a ton of HUGE earthworms and let me tell you it became overridden with moles this years due to all of those delicious worms. She has not been able to get rid of them no matter what she has used or done because with all of those juicy worms there they aren't going to feed on anything else. 3 REPLY View reply Annette Shaylaina Summerfield Annette Shaylaina Summerfield 7 months ago There are so many worms here where I live. When it rains I'll easily see 10 or more on our patio stones. I try to attract them to the areas of have plants. 😊 5 REPLY View reply oskar Ponthe oskar Ponthe 5 months ago nice information 2 REPLY MrF3nox MrF3nox 7 months ago Humus not hummus 2 REPLY Julian Kirby Julian Kirby 7 months ago Someone told me that adding neem seed meal to thier worm farm increased the rate at which the worms breed. 2 REPLY David Martin David Martin 7 months ago Earthworms are an invasive species, not native to the Americas, they are killing the forests by consuming the leaf litter. What we really need is a final solution to get rid of them, not spread them around. 3 REPLY View all 16 replies Shawn Ruth Shawn Ruth 2 months ago I thought hummus was something that you ate on pita chips... 1 REPLY Yin Tsang Yin Tsang 6 months ago I have a container where the soil therein comes alive with earthworms at night. However, hungry slugs and snails have been impeding the growth of whatever is sowed there... 1 REPLY View all 3 replies Nemesis Dylan Nemesis Dylan 1 month ago HELLO SCHOOL CLASSROOM 😎😎😎😎😎😎 1 REPLY Chappie 5 Chappie 5 8 months ago (edited) Would it be wise to use worms for indoor gardin 1 REPLY mellowchuck mellowchuck 3 months ago Nice video. 1 REPLY Addison G Addison G 8 months ago Dhhsjesjjsjs 1 REPLY isabfan andmore isabfan andmore 6 months ago I love cute little wormies 1 REPLY Isaiah Tannis Isaiah Tannis 4 months ago I just learned something today, thanks a lot 1 REPLY Whozz Yodaddy Whozz Yodaddy 8 months ago Was not aware of the need for calcium. That is a huge help. 1 REPLY Ali Labeeb Alkoka Ali Labeeb Alkoka 4 months ago Enjoyable video. Great information about earthworms!!! 1 REPLY Joseph Dubeau Joseph Dubeau 8 months ago earth worms are destructive to forest. 1 REPLY David Martin David Martin 7 months ago Earthworms kill forests, so lets get rid of them. 1 REPLY View all 5 replies ClassyGeek ClassyGeek 8 months ago Good video info but the voice is annoying 1 REPLY FLAWDAWADA727 FLAWDAWADA727 6 months ago The way the cycle of the soil structure is all dependent on each other proves evolution is nothing more than pseudoscience. If everything was already there, at the same time to begin with, the whole system would die. Life was created at once when God spoke it into existence. 2 REPLY Xavier Madlangbayan Xavier Madlangbayan 8 months ago Now we can stop burning leaves. 1 REPLY xisobelx373 xisobelx373 6 months ago Is a worm casting actually worm Poop 4 REPLY View all 2 replies maxmustafaful maxmustafaful 8 months ago Have you tried fried worms? 5 REPLY View all 5 replies Manchester city Best Team In The World Manchester city Best Team In The World 8 months ago do they eat the plant 2 REPLY View reply Omaid Shokouri Omaid Shokouri 7 months ago Diesel fuel works great against weeds 4 REPLY FuddyDuddy99 FuddyDuddy99 8 months ago Well Done video ! Very factual..... 1 REPLY Pacific Hunter aka James Ryan Pacific Hunter aka James Ryan 6 months ago I think those who disliked the vid dont like how she pronounced the Hue mus thing 1 REPLY Tracy Burton Tracy Burton 6 months ago shoulda read more..thing up north amd in most states...people are too lazy to dig for worms as fish bait...nowadays people want worms delivered in thirty minutes or less or its free ..ahh a huge owl has just landed in the tree ..on the hunt or mating...its like surround sound. b-e-a-utiful! 3 REPLY darkstoneplayz darkstoneplayz 8 months ago who likes their own comment cause noone else will? 3 REPLY Sheywh12 Sheywh12 8 months ago How do you buy Earth 🐛?? 8 REPLY View all 14 replies jday1235 jday1235 8 months ago Hyoo-mus NOT hummus smh 2 REPLY Tracy Burton Tracy Burton 6 months ago granma always said, " a worm a day...bla bla..its good and you can fish wittem too... 1 REPLY nicktesla45 nicktesla45 7 months ago They Also create Wormholes that allow you to travel to Other planets !! Ha ha ha ha ha 4 REPLY View reply Jerry VanNuys Jerry VanNuys 8 months ago 0:23 ~ ::facepalm:: "Hummus" (Ha - mus or Ho - mas) is a food made from pureed chickpeas. "Humas" (Hyoo - mus) is a natural soil amendment. I think you meant to say the second one and not the first one. Otherwise, guests to your home should be vary wary of your party dip. Read more 13 REPLY View all 3 replies Travis Gaspard Travis Gaspard 8 months ago my yeard is full of Nightcrawler 1 REPLY TheBushdoctor68 TheBushdoctor68 2 months ago (edited) This video is VERY misleading. It speaks about Earthworms, but what they mean (and show) are Composting worms. Both are very different from each other. Earthworms are gray and dig around all through your garden thereby aerating the soil . Composting Worms are red and attracted by kitchen waste or other composting organic matter. Unlike earthworms they stay in one spot as long as there's food available and their castings are the best soil available. If you want to start a worm-bin, use composting worms, also called manure worms, or red wrigglers, or night crawlers. Their official name is Eisenia Fetida. Read more 1 REPLY Danise Li Danise Li 6 months ago Earthworms have 5 hearts 1 REPLY I work Alone I work Alone 8 months ago wow are teacher gave us an homework about earthworms this pop up on my recommended what a miracle THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUUUU SOOOOOOOOOO MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH NATURAL WAYS 1 REPLY Dominic Delgado Dominic Delgado 7 months ago I'm gonna put a worm in a little seedling cup lol 2 REPLY View reply Fosi94 Fosi94 3 months ago Nice now I need a worm...aaaand a garden. 2 REPLY dirtTdude dirtTdude 7 months ago anybody that uses worms for fishing is not a fisherman. real anglers use a thing called a fly rod 1 REPLY View all 2 replies Mike Ries Mike Ries 8 months ago (edited) Have been putting lawn clippings and leaves on the garden as mulch. That attracts worms plus makes it so I don't have to weed. It fertilizes and preserves moisture. Just do it! 5 REPLY View all 3 replies DIY Solar and Wind DIY Solar and Wind 4 months ago I'm slowly going off grid. I'm looking for a place to homestead in the springtime. 2 REPLY Ó Slattarra Ó Slattarra 7 months ago Goes to Bait shop and buys a few dozen nightcrawlers Here, found some. 2 REPLY Tommy Hammernots Tommy Hammernots 7 months ago I love me some worms. Still... how the fuck is this recommended to me??!! 3 REPLY View all 2 replies In Harmony With Earth In Harmony With Earth 7 months ago Herbicides are very bad for earthworms,even their own studies say so. 1 REPLY Well Prepped Pantry Well Prepped Pantry 8 months ago huuuuuuuuuuuumus... the U is pronounced long sound.. Hummus is a tasty dip snack usually from chicpeas/garbanzo beans 1 REPLY Another Hero Another Hero 1 month ago If you love using earthworms to garden then you will L̙̯͓͔̻̤̮̅ͦ̾̂ͭͪ̇O̠̗̞̜̞̪̼̐V̹̳̲ͤ͋͜Ȇ̈́ͩ҉̥̣ gardening with Another Hero! https://youtu.be/CL23vsAWN_o REPLY NHUT TRUONG TV NHUT TRUONG TV 5 months ago Great video thank you so much for sharing REPLY Harzburgitic Harzburgitic 5 months ago Mmmm yummy REPLY little white dog little white dog 1 week ago I love worms REPLY Brazos Forager Brazos Forager 7 months ago You forgot to add that they are the best for fishing! 1 REPLY Shawn Ruth Shawn Ruth 2 months ago I wonder if I bought worms from the bait store and released them in the garden this summer if they would survive in my cold climate... REPLY View reply Game Tool Game Tool 1 month ago When you sleep and u forgot to close the door, it will comes inside. REPLY Zwhirl Whorled Zwhirl Whorled 1 week ago Later on when you grow up you find out that earthworms are destorying the world. This is beginners idiots lesson. Pseudo gardeners. Yes I believed this stuff when I was a kid. REPLY Indu Wadhwa Indu Wadhwa 8 months ago nice info REPLY Lando Lavie Lando Lavie 1 month ago I like the content of this video, but it is a little bit fast for old people to follow. Thank you for the information. REPLY Colin CC Colin CC 1 week ago I love seeing earthworms in my garden. REPLY D C D C 4 months ago Earthworms=amazing creatures! REPLY Robert Barton Robert Barton 5 months ago Fish love worms. REPLY schlaznger schlaznger 8 months ago The title should have read "This is What Happens When You Put Earthworm in...your under pant's." That video would have been way more fun to watch! REPLY Adam Kendall Adam Kendall 2 weeks ago I have a worm farm? REPLY Alfredo Shause Alfredo Shause 1 week ago I put a black banana and a worm in a pot with dirt. Let's see what it does REPLY Social Engineering Social Engineering 2 weeks ago Worms make dirt REPLY Sangram Takmoge Sangram Takmoge 8 months ago Jivamurt as per ZBNF method helped me attract and spread earthworms in my farm. REPLY Isabelle Layla Isabelle Layla 1 week ago My idiot uncle used to kill these worms believing they eat his vegetable roots lol REPLY pets India pets India 4 days ago