put worms in potted houseplants?
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How many of you put your houseplants outdoors?
Comments (18)If your plants are in clay pots, chances are they will not tip over. But in plastic yes. So what I did was surround each pot with bricks. or cement blocks and they never fell. You could even bury them in holes in the groung, pot and all if you are not concerned about some kind of pest getting into the dirt of your pots. Just a couple of ideas for you..:-) The before you have to bring them in in the fall, treat them at least 3-4 times with a good insecticide as soon as it starts to cool down on a weekly basis. Kneem oil is great. You can even water your plants with this stuff too to kill in soil insects. You might be lucky and bring no insects indoors by the time fall hits..-) Mike...See Moreremoving worms from houseplants
Comments (1)I'd move them outside, and they may have come from cocoons you included if you used any worm compost to make up the potting soil - I add worms to outside containers because there's always some when I spread the worm bin compost around, but outside if they want to get away they can just go out into the yard - the ones in your house plants are small and sad because redworms are heavy feeders and need an environment rich in organic material - truck'em to the compost :) Bill...See Morelarve / worms in houseplant soil?
Comments (2)Repot by placing the soil and roots in a tub of water, wash off as much soil as you can, and then repot with fresh soil. Hopefully those millipedes will not come back. Please note that I can not confirm that they are, in fact millipedes. I just took purple's word for it. Good luck. L.G....See MoreTiny white worms/caterpillars in houseplant soil
Comments (14)the MEDIA you use in a pot ... and i like to use that word .. to separate it from dirt or soil .... or compost in your case .. anyway .. the MEDIA is a water management system ... and specific to the plant.. or a group of plants ... some like to be sodden all the time ... so you use a media with lots of peat ... to hold lots of water ... others.. like trees.. like a sip of water.. then full drainage... and near drying ... before the next sip ... in that case.. you use no more than 50% peat type media.. and add big chunks of stuff like bark ... to aid in water moving right out the bottom of the pot ... and then of course.. there are a myriad of other types and plants ... and media .... the problem with compost ... is that there is no predictability to how it will handle water ... and also .. how it might compact ... etc ... and that the long story short ... also ... just my way of thinking about it.. many of our indoor houseplants.. are understory jungle plants ... in that they dont need a lot of sun .. but also .. if you think about it ... there is little water under the high canopy of such ... there is a rainy season ... but there is a dry season .. plus all the great soil after millinea of composting ... but its not your kind of compost ... [i know others here might argue with what i just said.. but i am just giving you some general ideas.. of what to think about it all .... you can surely ID your plant.. and google up its native haven.. and then think about the media.. it might prefer in a pot...] ken...See Morejon_d
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