Comments on: invasive asian jumping worms: a 2019 research update, with brad herrick of uw-madison

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:58:28 +0000

This is interesting. I could pour What we don’t know us if it will kill the cocoons though. I just discovered them this weekend and I’d be willing to try anything since I won’t be able to garden in my raised beds any longer. Upstate NY

By: margaret

margaret — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:04:32 +0000

In reply to Barb.

Hi, Barb. I don’t think anyone knows — no solution at this point. You could look at it this way: if you keep putting down organic material, that eventually works into the soil below, maybe the soil doesn’t get as depleted of all its organic content by the worms’ work? Don’t know.

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:07:11 +0000

We live in suburban Chicago and had a terrible infestation of them in most of my gardens and lawn last year. We are starting spring clean-up now and use our chipper to grind leaves, making a coarse mulch to spread in lieu of mulch. Not sure if this is helping or adding to the problem?? HELP…these things are awful!