What are pot worms? - A close look at these mysterious white worms!

There is a lot of confusion about pot worms which are part of the Enchytraeidae family of worms. Closely related to earthworms. There a lot of misconceptions about pot worms that I will try to cover in this video. Are pot worms good or bad? Watch and find out!

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[dwr]

How can you tell a pot worm vs a juvenile red wiggled?

[ahxelhux]

been composting for a while and like u said to moist or acidic conditions will help pot worm thrive . i compost precomposted horse manure and never had pot worms in my cft

[DaKineGardenStuff]

Interesting how pot worms can be there one day, then bin condition changes and then they're suddenly gone... but can return at any time.

[tatianab]

I was growing some beans and I took a look at them after like a week and I saw THESE WORMS WIGGLING AROUND

[tomlaw]

I put a plastic lid over my top layer of soil to act as a removable mulch layer. I find that it brings these worms to the surface to break down my amendments. I also credit them with controlling gnat flies.

[thelonewolf]

Hmm thought it was torn roots thanks this is cool

[veronicasibley]

You're showing it to close. I can't tell if this is what I saw in my garden. Up close turns my stomach. Eeeeck!

[lifemotif]

Finally someone talking about these! I found these in terrariums and I was scared since I couldn't find what they were... thanks!

[piperaztech]

Thank you for this video! I thought i had parasitic worms my Canna bed soil, and I was pretty freaked out. Now I see that these critters im dealing with are almost certainly harmless, and even good for the soil.

[kkrollingskkrollings]

I recently noticed these in one of my European night crawlers bins and i was worried that they may be some type of harmfull like root eating nematode that would harm my garden when i use my castings. Thank you for posting this video very informative indeed.

[ahxelhux]

I used to have black fly problems.... but more precomposting fixed that

[christophermichael.w.]

I looked this up after finding them in my terrarium. I found a group under a dead leaf and they were together like tubifex worms. I had not seen them until I put some turtle food sticks in the terrarium. My clean up crew like the turtle food and so do my snails.

[ahxelhux]

Probably wheat or oats in small doses is better! I use oats to breed worms but just a sprinkle is good for the week

[Stella-n-Luna]

OMG thank you! I’ve been trying to figure out what the little white wormy guy was who’s trapped in my sealed terrarium for over a month now! And last night i noticed that there was at least one other smaller white thing too

[taointhebryony]

Are those grindal worms? In the aquarium industry, they're one of the more awesome live fish foods (speaking in terms of yuck factor). Fish LOVE them.

[nakulsingh]

Please tell me weather it damages the plant or its safe, I'm freaking out

[TruFrag]

I had a bunch of these appear one day in my millipede encloser. Good to know I can use them as a warning that the calcium levels are getting too low and I need to powder up another eggshell or perhaps ill give Cuttlebone a try.

[brooklyngiraffe]

Thank you for the super helpful advice. The closeups were a bit terrifying but I learned so much from your video. Now I need to adjust the ph and bedding in my bin because I found a ton of them in there today! 😩

[Ireknight]

I really appreciate your content, thanks :)

[athisayavictoriaarputhamg]

I found these worms in my rose plant pot.
Will they make any harm to the plant?