What To Do If You Have Worms In Your House Plant Soil
I have dealt with worms in my house plant soil before, and it's not fun, although they can be beneficial for the health of the plant.
At the same time, they definitely can be a nuisance if they manage to find their way out of the house plant or if you have a pet who starts digging through your plants looking for the worms.
Fortunately, there are ways to have a worm-free soil. However the worms got there in the first place (they could have come as a result of new front yard landscaping, for example), let's dive deeper into this not-so-unique issue mother nature presents us.
You are also going to want to make sure to keep your houseplant away from any other plants or vegetation — that way, your earth extraction efforts won't be for nothing.
After inspecting your plant and moving it away from any other plants, you should pick the worms off the leaves and topsoil either with your fingers or by using a pair of tweezers.
A good tip for easy worm removal is to pick them out of the houseplant during a cloudy day or at dusk, as that is when worms are most likely to reveal themselves. Make sure that after you have removed the worms from your houseplant, they are released somewhere where they can't get back into your potted plant.
After doing so, you are going to want to submerge the houseplant in cold water, immediately pulling it out as a means of flushing the remaining worms from your houseplant.
The final thing you are going to want to do to ensure a worm-free houseplant is to remove the plant from its' current pot and repot it into a new, sterile pot, shaking the excess soil from the roots to remove any worms that may be left over after submerging the plant in cold water.
Worm removal is not as difficult as you may think. It only takes a few simple steps and no more than an hour or so to make your beautiful houseplant worm free. I hope this helps you!
At the same time, they definitely can be a nuisance if they manage to find their way out of the house plant or if you have a pet who starts digging through your plants looking for the worms.
Fortunately, there are ways to have a worm-free soil. However the worms got there in the first place (they could have come as a result of new front yard landscaping, for example), let's dive deeper into this not-so-unique issue mother nature presents us.
Keeping Your Plants Worm Free
Inspect
The first thing that you are going to want to do is inspect your plants for worms. They tend to be present on leaves or near the surface of the soil, or in case of earthworms, near the bottom of the soil.Isolate
You are also going to want to make sure to keep your houseplant away from any other plants or vegetation — that way, your earth extraction efforts won't be for nothing.
Remove
After inspecting your plant and moving it away from any other plants, you should pick the worms off the leaves and topsoil either with your fingers or by using a pair of tweezers.
A good tip for easy worm removal is to pick them out of the houseplant during a cloudy day or at dusk, as that is when worms are most likely to reveal themselves. Make sure that after you have removed the worms from your houseplant, they are released somewhere where they can't get back into your potted plant.
Submerge
After doing so, you are going to want to submerge the houseplant in cold water, immediately pulling it out as a means of flushing the remaining worms from your houseplant.
Transport
The final thing you are going to want to do to ensure a worm-free houseplant is to remove the plant from its' current pot and repot it into a new, sterile pot, shaking the excess soil from the roots to remove any worms that may be left over after submerging the plant in cold water.
Worm removal is not as difficult as you may think. It only takes a few simple steps and no more than an hour or so to make your beautiful houseplant worm free. I hope this helps you!
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