Earthworm Eggs

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When we moved to Texas it didn't take me long to realize the soil here is like lake-bottom muck; not conducive to growing much of anything well. I built raised garden beds and filled them with good soil and compost. The crowning touch was to introduce earthworms for all the good they do in a garden. The earthworm eggs product from Gardener's Supply seemed a good value my dollar - 1500 eggs that will generate 4500 to 6000 earthworms within a three month period of time. I didn't "plant" the eggs as soon as they arrived and feared that they'd lose their vitality. When I did "plant" them in my garden (October), I saw a number of baby earthworms squirm their way into the soil. I was truly delighted. I hope they like my vegetable and flower beds and thrive in their new home. I hope to see a good community of worms in my garden as I put in my spring garden.

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Easy to spread and use.

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Great product. Eggs hatched and many small worms found in corners of the garden bed as instructions indicated would happen. Hope to purchase more in the future in hopes of cutting my costs for yearly truck loads of compost.

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This is a great product. I read previous reviews, and understand how some might feel like there might not be that many eggs, but they're small and mixed in with a substrate so it is impossible to tell. I purchased two packages and live on a half acre. Very poor soil (North Carolina clay and new construction). I have lots of worms now. You can SEE the soil improving at the surface from all the work these guys are doing. Just be patient. They take time to multiply and do their thing. Won't work in a couple months. Give it a year. We're talking soil manipulation here, after all!

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Not sure of the value of this product in the southwest. I have only seen 4 or 5 worms. May be too dry but I water 3 times a week and all my vegetables survived.

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Hi,
I was a little worried when I first got these as it looked like just a big bag of soil. I spread it in my beds in front of my house, and boy am I glad I did!

I can see the difference in my heavy clay soil, I have piles of fresh castings in all my flower beds, and my flowers have never been happier. My soil is lighter, aerated, and fertilized daily!

I am a little confused about some of the reviews posted. These eggs need to be sprinkled into your beds and raked into the soil,preferably with mulch applied over them for them to hatch. Please remember these eggs look just like grains of sand, you need to put them into the garden with organic material and water for them to hatch.

Please don't expect to receive a big wriggling bag of worms as in the picture posted. Expect a bag of what appears to be worm castings (worm poop) throw it in your beds, rake, mulch, water and you are done.

You will start to see little piles of castings(worm poo) on the soil surface within 3-6 months ;)

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After several weeks no earthworms hatched. I finally purchased earthworms locally. Would NOT recommend purchasing and am wondering why Gardeners Supplies even carries this product.

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First of all I had to call to find out the status of my order as weeks had passed and no eggs. Then when I did call I was told they wouldn't come until the fall. I cancelled my order and was then called back a few minutes later to be told that I would receive my order in 2-3 weeks. When I got my order there was no way there were 1,500 eggs. Even with a magnifying glass I was not able to locate many. I felt like I rec'd a lot of worm castings but not the amount of eggs promised. Dissapointed

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The earth worm eggs took some time to hatch, but that gave me time to set them up with a nice home outside. The wife didn't want them in the kitchen for some reason!

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our soil needs all the help it can get. love the earthworm eggs rather than the worms. easy, easy, easy to disperse.