Do rototillers kill worms?

[tulenutn2o]

You may kill a few, but does it really matter, sounds like more fertilizer if you do or don't. Besides, little guys are pretty fast at escape anyways.

 

[Bison]

NOt to be a smart a%& about worms but what do they do that is so special? I understand that they aerate the ground but what else do they do? Really they have not done anything to me so you guys are really making me feel guilty- I was so happy with new tiller purchase now I am affraid of using it..

AndyG

To many worms is just as bad as not enough worms.
worms eat the dirt and digest the organic matter from it. To many worms deplete the humus and make the soil poor.

Till to your harts desire,don't be sissy,you won't kill them all anyway

 

[milkman]

I'm positive:

Earthworm Regeneration

You can't believe anything that liberal commie site posts, didn't you know that?:laughing::laughing:

 

[sixdogs]

Worms loosen my clay soil and provide pathways for air and moisture to get to thte roots and further break the hardpan. Those who farm clay know the drill.
I am certainly no tree hugger, and would love to cut down a tree one is in---but----I have learned "mankind owes it's existence to six inches of topsoil and the fact that it rains".
So I figure to do the best I can with the topsoil.

 

[Don87]

You can't believe anything that liberal commie site posts, didn't you know that?:laughing::laughing:

Oh geez............I been caught:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[Haywire]

Now I am afraid of using it..

AndyG

You are right. Those worms have families and kids to feed. I, on the other hand, don't have that problem. My worms are all single and trained to stay at the edges of the garden while I am tilling.

Send that tiller to me so you won't orphan any more wormlets. :thumbsup:

 

[tulenutn2o]

Haywire, I have first dibs on that tiller!:laughing: I can't believe worms would even come up in conversation, but we all got to have somethin to do in the winter months.............

 

[easygo]

The experts say that earthworms are good for the soil but they often also get credit for stuff that other organisms do. There are a host of bacteria and other living things that also do much good for the soil. As for the tiller killing worms...
I till deeper in the Spring and shallow in the late Fall (to mix in horse manure). After the Spring tilling (when compost goes in) I hardly see worms during the planting. By the time I'm pulling plants out as the frost comes the worms are back.

 

[Don87]

Haywire, I have first dibs on that tiller!:laughing: I can't believe worms would even come up in conversation, but we all got to have somethin to do in the winter months.............

I once turned a simple garden thread to total crap here on TBN.:thumbsup: When I got into a debate about using fresh manure on gardens:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[patrick_g]

Uh oh....here comes PETE with their protests....

PETE = People for the Ethical Treatment of Engineers?

Pat