is this earth worm?
Help me to identify this worm. It was deep into the soil near the roots in a container. I dig the soil I found this and tried to take it with a stick. It jumped into the soil. trying to escape into the soil. Please tell me who he is?
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That's great!
Was the container another flowerpot?
In my area, it gets too cold/freezes during the winter and the earthworms delve deep in the ground where the freezing temperature on the surface doesn't reach. In spring after the ground thaws and warms up, when I bring my plants back outside, I like to put my potted plants directly on the ground. Then the re-surfacing earthworms move in from the drainage hole.
During the summer, if the potting mix in the containers gt too not, they migrate back into the ground through the drainage hole, so keeping the container shaded to keep down the temperature is a good idea. But I prefer tht they find a safe haven if the container isn't livable for them. In drought conditions, they need to delve deep again. Here, autumn rains flood them back out of the ground and they seem to move back into the containers where it stays somewhat drier and warmer.
In the fall, if I put my container plants back inside before the potting mix in the containers and the ground beneath gets too cold, the earthworms continue to live in the flowerpots all winter and keep my plants fed.
If they run out of food in the container, they might decide to move out. You can keep them happy by putting mulch (dry grass, leaves, etc.) on the surface of the potting mix and/or occasionally burying vegetable and fruit peelings, used coffee grounds and tea leaves.
They also move out if they get flooded, so be on the look out for escaping earthworms if the containers get saturated by heavy rains or from overwatering.
Was the container another flowerpot?
In my area, it gets too cold/freezes during the winter and the earthworms delve deep in the ground where the freezing temperature on the surface doesn't reach. In spring after the ground thaws and warms up, when I bring my plants back outside, I like to put my potted plants directly on the ground. Then the re-surfacing earthworms move in from the drainage hole.
During the summer, if the potting mix in the containers gt too not, they migrate back into the ground through the drainage hole, so keeping the container shaded to keep down the temperature is a good idea. But I prefer tht they find a safe haven if the container isn't livable for them. In drought conditions, they need to delve deep again. Here, autumn rains flood them back out of the ground and they seem to move back into the containers where it stays somewhat drier and warmer.
In the fall, if I put my container plants back inside before the potting mix in the containers and the ground beneath gets too cold, the earthworms continue to live in the flowerpots all winter and keep my plants fed.
If they run out of food in the container, they might decide to move out. You can keep them happy by putting mulch (dry grass, leaves, etc.) on the surface of the potting mix and/or occasionally burying vegetable and fruit peelings, used coffee grounds and tea leaves.
They also move out if they get flooded, so be on the look out for escaping earthworms if the containers get saturated by heavy rains or from overwatering.
More specifically than an earthworm, which it definitely is, it looks like about the size of a nightcrawler. Or basically the king of all earth worms lol. Great for fishing with but usually in the spring time after a good rain at night I'll see literally 100's of them here. You can literally smell the worms after a good soaking, its a great smell lol. They usually have kind of a snot slime on them too, but I think that's only when the worms get horny lol.