Comments on: Red Worms a Threat to the Nation’s Water Supply!

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 03:30:16 +0000

it says 1/2 inch to an inch in size. Someone needs to brush up on their species. These are blood worms not wrigglers… Often sold freeze dried as fish food. I could see how the would look like a young wriggler but they only grow to 1 inch.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:01:16 +0000

Ick! That is just disgusting! That’s all I have to say. Oh, and I’m a newcomer to worm composting. So, hello everybody.

By: EJ

EJ — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:13:15 +0000

Why didn’t they just boil the water before drinking? That will work, right?

By: The Garbage Guru

The Garbage Guru — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 11:17:04 +0000

Someone must have stole the real bleach. Lol! I used to work in water and sewage treatment plants refurbishing them. In the sewage plant we’d see some sort of maggot that had a breathing tube for a tail. I still have nightmares! Lol! We had an employee who would drink the treated sewage water after it left the plant to show you how clean it was. And yes ladies he was single! Lol! Sounds like they need to fire whoever is treating their water. And who is in charge of identifying what critter is in their water. Lol!

By: John Duffy

John Duffy — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 01:22:52 +0000

In the immortal words of Ron White,
“ya can’t cure stupid.”
if they want to get rid of the little buggers, just pour sand on them. Then, they can just stone each other…

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:43:23 +0000

It’s good to be back! I’m usually around more in the winter when I have less to do in the garden and more time to contemplate worms :).

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:48:34 +0000

Did I read that correctly? Bleach is a no-go?
Many years ago, when I first started keeping ornamental aquariums, I wiped out most of a tank of mollies by spraying my bathroom tile with a 3-1 bleach solution and leaving for work. The bathroom was two rooms away from the aquarium room. So, how does bleach NOT kill the so-called “worms” in this tower. Oh. Well. Probably the same way the midges got in the filter in the first place – – – – too little, too late. Egads is right!!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:06:31 +0000

ANNA – great to see you ’round these parts again!
😉
Pretty scary stuff indeed. I’ve never done a test myself, but my hunch is that it wouldn’t even be very hard to kill off pesky midge larva with bleach…let alone Red Worms! lol

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:28:38 +0000

I’ve got to admit you sucked me in with this headline, Bentley. I agree with you about fearing the people in charge of the water supply though. If redworms don’t like onions, I can’t even imagine bleach. Egads!