okay.I have had scale, mealybugs and other bugs in the past but i have been able to eradicate all of them. And i am not afraid of them. And also part of the reason i chose to grow orchids and other epiphytes was that none of the pests (good or bad) included worms (earthworms to be specific).I have this horrible fear of worms and try to avoid walking outside on rainy days. So yesterday i was picking up a cattleya quadricolor that had some nice fat buds when a little red earthworm dropped out of the bottom of the pot! Needless to say, i was horrified and dropped the plant, luckily it was only about a few centimeters above the ground and the plant was perfectly fine but I was not. I haven't been in the room since the worm incident
SO, does anyone have any suggestions for ways to COMPLETELY DESTROY AND ERADICATE ALL SIGNS OF WORM WITHOUT REPOTTING THE PLANT SINCE I AM AFRAID THERE ARE MORE WORMS? Im even not sure how the worm (or worms) got there since i wash all my medium and nuke it in the microwave and repot my plants as soon as i get them!
I do water quite a lot though but not enough to rot anything. And I NEVER bring my plants outside for this very reason. So anyways, sorry for this huge amount of text .
EARTHWORMS!!!! HELP!!
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