Earthworm question

How long does it take an earthworm to drown? Google wasn't very helpful.

TIA!

 

I have found that it's less than four hours, though I can't be sure how much less.

MJ - Because I have some plants I'm repotting, and I'm finding worms in some pots. I wanted to submerge the plants long enough to ensure drowning for any worms I can't find or tease out.

 

Yes, MJ. I do.

Marni - They are potted in decomposing bark or sphag or...? There are some that are packed very tightly around the center of the plant, and I don't want to rip the plant apart to get at whatever is on the inside. One plant I tossed into the pot of water produced a baby worm about 1" long and less than half a millimeter think. It was more or less translucent, and I didn't see it when I picked apart the old media. So while rinsing gets rid of a lot of the prblem, it is proving to be less than a solution.

 

Based on your first post to this thread, I presumed you had turned the corner to contributive posts, Clark. My use of multiple systems of measurement assumed that the caliber of member on OI was high enough that I wouldn't need to stick to a unique school of measuring. Additionally, the job is no more; my media is rotting due to neglect.

 

Clark, Clark, Clark... these grow in my basement. Someone (I suspect a vendor from FL who went out of business a couple of years ago) sold me plants with worms in some pots. They have been in my basement collection since.

This was pinkish, Floozo. It was much longer than a fungus gnat larvae.

I was thinking rock salt, Eddie. They can have a little rock-fight or something.

 

They call it "East Texas" for a reason, Clark.

Thanks Marni. Another friend suggested Sevin also. I'll see if I can get some sprayed down there.