200 Live Earth Worms - Improve Soil - SALE* Start Price USD 14.99 Current Price USD 14.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 Location Granger Township See more about '200 Live Earth Worms - Improve Soil - SALE*' Description 200 Live Earth Worms - Improve Soil - SALE* Shipping Info  |  Customer Service Policy  |  Payment Info  |  Checkout Info  |  About Us (Click to Enlarge)   Description200 LIVE EARTH WORMSEarthworms eat and burrow twenty-four hours a day! All of this tunneling aerates the soil (getting oxygen to the roots), allows for easier root growth, and improves water retention. They are a natural tie in for cold composting. Earthworms help keep the soil loose. Mother Nature doesn't own a spade! Earthworms consume ordinary soil and cast it back with more nutrients available to plants. These "castings" release their nutrients slowly and do not leach out with watering. NUTRITION: These earthworms will eat the soil in your garden and cast it back with 5 times more nitrogen, 1.5 times more calcium, 3 times more magnesium, 7 times more phosphates, 11 times more potash and 40% more humus. Plant nutrients from earthworms (odorless castings) retain moisture, don’t leach out with watering and are released slowly instead of in one large dose. Worm castings feed plants for weeks, even months. They will neutralize acid or alkaline excess and they don’t use up organic carbons, as chemicals often do. Looks like Mother Nature knows what she’s doing! AERATION:On their endless journey through your garden (worms don’t sleep), earthworms leave behind a vast network of nutrition-lined tunnels which are valuable air spaces. This gets oxygen to the roots and allows the roots more room to grow. The castings-rich soil will hold more water so there’s much less run-off. Hard packing is impossible -- Mother Nature does not own a spade. All Plant life benefits enormously from nutrition and aeration by earthworms. Production goes up. Color is better. Fruits and vegetables taste better. Susceptibility to disease goes down. Best of all, you get more pleasure from your gardening and your garden. DIRECTIONS:Garden Areas: Dig 6 inch diameter, 1 foot deep holes several feet apart though out the garden. Fill with water and let drain. Put one or two handfuls of worms in each hole, fill loosely with soil and compost (cuttings, table scraps, etc.) This will give the worms a quick meal. Water the area and apply mulch if possible over and around the holes. Keep the area watered. Tree and Shrub Treatment: Dig several 6 inch diameter, 1 foot deep holes around the drip line of the tree’s branches. Continue as above. Compost Pile: Place worms on the bottom of 4 inches of loose soil. Keep damp as you continue to add decaying organic material. For best results, add some organic material along with the worms to get them feeding. You may use moist corn meal, coffee grounds, table scraps, grass clippings, or other organic material. One box of 200 worms covers 100 sq. ft.   Shipping Info Click on the Shipping Calculator to the left to determine your shipping costs. If you are purchasing multiple auctions input the number of auctions you are considering.If you are purchasing several different auctions, to estimate your shipping costs pick an average item and input the total number of your auctions in the Shipping Calculater. Buy multiple items and save on shipping. Your first auction win or website purchase opens a 7 day shopping cart. During the 7 days, you may add as many items to your cart as you wish to save money with combined shipping. Do not pay for any items until you have added all of the items that you want. Please allow at least one hour after purchasing your last item before using the checkout so that I may combine all of your items. Once you pay, your cart will close and additional items cannot be added to it. When you are finished shopping visit "www.marketworks.com/pay.asp" to retrieve your invoice with your shipping discount. (CLICK 'BUYER CHECKOUT' LOCATED AT THE VERY TOP OF THE PAGE and proceed accordingly.) If you are purchasing products from Hirtsgardens, Bulbmart and Seedmart email me when done shopping and I will combine your purchases and send you an invoice with discounted shipping. Click on the Shipping Calculator to the left to determine your shipping costs. If you are purchasing multiple auctions input the number of auctions you are considering.   Customer Service PolicyPlants, bulbs, and hardgoods cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes. Only seeds can be shipped to P.O. Boxes. Live Plants are generally shipped on Monday and Tuesday to assure that you have them for the weekend. Hirt's Greenhouses & Flowers is proud of a history of growing and selling healthy plants for over 85 years. We skillfully grow our plants in our own greenhouses in northeastern Ohio. We guarantee complete satisfaction or receive a credit or your money back. Simply contact us by e-mail within 15 days of receipt of your order and we will issue a credit or refund for all plants and bulbs returned to us. Hardgood products can be returned within 15 days for a replacement. Click here to find out what zone you are in!   Payment InfoThe following forms of payment are accepted: Cashier's Check Money Order Paypal Credit Cards - American Express, Visa/Mastercard, Discover IMPORTANT: Consolidate your payments, please -- send only ONE Paypal, Money Order, or Credit Card transaction per shipment! All OH residents pay 6.5% Sales Tax If you are the winner, click the button above to check out right now!   Checkout InfoIf you are the winning bidder, please read the following instructions: Once this auction ends, I will send you an email with instructions for completing your purchase. 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