Hi there! I have a small garden in my back yard that I like to try growing different vegetables in every year. As soon as the nights hit 10 degrees a couple weeks ago I could have sworn it was the beginning of summer. Yikes was I wrong. Anyway, with all this cool wet weather the slugs have had their way with my cucumber plants. Upon investigating what was left I noticed a couple small round holes in the soil, maybe a few millimeters wide. At first I thought worm holes. What's really cool is whatever lives down in the holes actually dragged down some scrap onion shoots that I had laying around. These shoots were down 2-3 inches in the soil and sticking up like they had been planted. I assume whatever it is drags its food down the hole and eats it beneath the surface. Can anyone tell me what this might be? The only thing I thought might be nimble and strong enough would be weevils? Wishing for more sun....
Hi Togata, that would be interesting to watch at night! But unfortunately I think the holes are too small. The holes are no bigger than the size of a small onion shoot (green onion if you will). More like worm size holes.
Very likely it's just earthworms doing it. Every Fall, I notice that earthworms pull the ends of fallen leaves into their holes, making it difficult to rake these leaves away. They only do this when the leaves have been left lying on the lawn for a while during wet weather. A small onion shoot would be much easier to pull under than a portion of a sweet cherry leaf.
Thanks for the reply Vitog. I had no idea worms were talented enough to perform that kind of feat! That would definately be best case scenario, and like I said, they do look like worm holes. Now if I could only train them to clean up my kids Lego.
