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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i had a jumping worm infestation - they reproduce quickly, drive out earthworms and are very very difficult to kill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you deal with the infestation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

First i mixed 1/3 cup of dry mustard powder with 2 gallons of water. I poured some of this liquid over the soil. A hour later the jumping worms crawled to the surface of the Flower pots. I dug through the soil, collected the worms and put them in a ceramic pot, where they dehydrated. I did this every day for months until the population was greatly depleted. Later i tried diatomatous earth and that got the rest of them.