How do worms fertilize soil and plants? I have be picking up worms and putting them into plants. What...
I have be picking up worms and putting them into plants.
What do the worms do to the soil or plants?
Answers: As worms tunnel their way through the land, they leave at the back castings (digested stuff) and is a good intuitive compost type material. Their burrowing through also stirs up and loosens the soil so it is not compacted.
That is how they support your plants, from 'down under', at the root zone.
I doubt putting them onto you plants will help the plants, and may mar the worms, who like to be underground.
My brother have a compost bin set up for worms ... a 'worm farm' so to speak. It was red worms living inside a bin made up of moistened journalists that they added occosionally. They also added the small amount of vegetable and fruit leavings a family of 3 could produce,. The worms composted everything and made a rich increment to their garden beds.
Hope this help
Earthworms dig burrows which consent to water and nouns into the soil. This lets the dampen and air achieve down to the roots of plants. The burrows also helps the plant roots to move more slickly through the soil and into new spaces. Worms drag leaves and plant bits down into the globe. As they burrow, the worms swallow soil and eat the plant concern that is contained by it. The soil they swallow passes though the worm's body and is gone in little piles over the ground. This is called castings and is excellent fertiliser. People who cattle farm worms do it to collect the castings to sell to gardeners