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Q: Gardening and Fertilizer ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Gardening and Fertilizer
Category: Sports and Recreation > Outdoors
Asked by: musicianba-ga
List Price: $4.00
Posted: 10 Apr 2002 11:15 PDT
Expires: 17 Apr 2002 11:15 PDT
Question ID: 18
Does liquid fertilizer really harm/kill earth worms?

I use VF 11 for my garden and someone told me that they read in a Sunset Mag 
that liquid fert. killed earthworms. 
Please research for me
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Subject: Re: Gardening and Fertilizer
Answered By: timtom3-ga on 10 Apr 2002 16:04 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
hello !!!

VF 11 liquid fertilizer does not kill the earth worms. Any fertilizer which is 
Organics is not harm to earthworms.Earthworms digest the organic matter in soil.
Organic matter is dragged into their burrows and is broken down.

VF-11 liquid fertilizer is an Organic and nox toxic fertilizer.

In generality one can not say whether the liquid fertilizer harm/kill the earth 
warms or not? They may or they may not. It depends upon the chemicals used in 
the fertilizers. If the fertilizers used chemical such as organophosphates or 
copper, those fertilizers are harmful to earthworms

There are many good sites which conatins the information about the Organic 
fertilizers and earth worms. such as
http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/MagRack/SF/FAll%2092%20M.htm
http://www.ag.usask.ca/cofa/departments/hort/hortinfo/yards/earthwor.html
http://www.wormfarm.com/discuss.html

Also the information on VF-11 liquid fertilizer culd be found at the following 
web site.
http://www.californiagoldjojoba.com/html/for_farm_use.htm

I hope this helps.
musicianba-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Glad to hear it, thanks

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