Worm casts on new lawn

Anyway of stopping them or at least reducing the amount thats appearing??

Thanks

 

I think iron sulphate will help prevent them. I'm getting them too on my new lawn.

Not sure if you should use iron sulphate on a new lawn though?

 

I never like to kill worms.
The casts do make the lawn muddy, but as JWK says, its that horrible time of the year.

 

Healthy worms make for a healthy lawn.

Just leave them be, the grass will grow even better the upcoming year hiding any traces of the worms

 

The problem with them is that if they get squashed either underfoot or with the mower they leave a big bare circle of soil which is a perfect landing pad for weed seeds.

 

Do you by any chance have a picture of your problem? Can't imagine them as big as a cow pad

 

Not the kind of thing I would take a picture of but from recent memory I would say a squashed worm cast gives you a circle of bare soil around 60mm in diameter which is both unsightly and also an invitation to non desirable weeds and grasses.

I believe lawn enthusiasts use a besom broom to scatter them when they've dried out.

 

Trouble is they rarely dry out at this time of the year.
I only have a bit of grass, doesn't really get called a lawn, but I stay off of it as much as I can at this time of the year.
Otherwise I get muddy.

 

Ive been brushing them back in with a very hard bristle brush and its been all ok. So i will keep doing that.

 

NutriFlo Casting 10L

I can’t comment on its performance as I’ve not tried it but on small lawns I like you tend to brush them.
Iron does deter but it’s short lived and you can’t keep repeating it.