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Gary350
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Location: TN. 50 years of gardening experience.

invasive worm colonies

TV News this morning reported, if you buy worms from a bait shop don't dump unwanted worms in your yard they form invasive worm colonies that kill other worms. That is all they said, 1 of those 5 second reports with no details.

Google search says this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_ ... th_America

Vanisle_BC
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Location: Port Alberni, B.C. Canada, Zone 7 (+?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_ ... th_America
"..... earthworms found in the United States and Canada ..... have been studied for their ability to invade previously uninhabited locations and disturb the local ecosystems"

Now what two legged animal does that remind me of ? (sad half-smile)



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