Good grief - another infestation from Asia

[Brian Tymchak]

https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/invasive-jumping-worm-thrashes-14-midwest-states

Haven't come across them yet, but it sounds hopeless as far as controlling them...

This is getting old.

[Roger Feeley]

I wonder what controls them in Asia.

[Perry Hilbert Jr]

Not sure what might control these things, whether free range chickens might get fat. I understand they have been seen in New England. My great great grand father was a sort of faith healer and had a brass hinge leather covered book, hand written, of very old German folk remedies. I never met the man, but saw the book a few times when my grandmother's brother had it. My grandfather knew a bunch of these old remedies and used them. One was for his huge garden with rather rich soil. Every 5 years he would spread rock salt on the ground and dig it in. Something like 25 pounds of salt for a quarter acre to kill nematodes. I thought that was crazy until I heard of other people doing it for the same reason. I'll bet the folks wherever these things come from have some old remedies to keep them in check.

[Anthony Whitesell]

If they are as tasty as earthworms to moles and voles, then I will never be infested as I already seem to be feeding the mole/vole population in my neighborhood.