I've gone on the internet and asked every pool dealer I know how to eliminate earthworms getting into my pool every winter. Not one answer. I take the cover off in the spring and it's disgusting. I have a tight fitting spring loaded cover and the pool is spotless upon closing. So I'll try here to see if someone can suggest something.

I had a similar problem years ago. My problem was all the shrubs we planted around the pool. I had problems with worms, mice and other things. I am sure it didn't help that we lived on a farm. Anyway, I removed the shrubs and the problem went away.

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I just found this thread talking about worms: Worms covering the bottom of the pool...GROSS!

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My guess would be the worms came out of the ground after a heavy rain (ground was saturated and the worms would drown if they stayed in the ground) slithered onto the deck and then made their way into the pool, by accident.

If you cant get rid of the worms, you problem will be solved. Maybe spraying your yard with an insecticide will also kill the worms and stop your problem.

No worms, but . . .

Lunch.....

< In my best Cajun " Troy" voice> Choot 'em CHOOT 'EM!!!

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We have trouble every spring when we start cleaning ours, I am of the same opinion as one of the above posters I think they come out fter a heavy rain in the winter, we are never bothered in the pool season. Jeff

You will need to stake about 10 robins around your pool -- put each robin on a 5 ft tether. Then, in late fall and early winter, place an alarm clock within earshot of the robins -- set said clock for 5:30 AM..

You will have no earthworms in your pool in the spring........................


because the early bird gets the worm!!!!

Boooooo Hisssssss

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As you have surmised, I would have a dismal future as a stand-up comic -- so, I will continue to hold onto my day job.

And, trust me, that's not my worst talent -- you would pay good money, very good money, to never hear me sing


A CD of me singing would:

Forever keep zombies away from your door (it would probably also keep the Fed Ex guy, the Feds, your neighbors, relatives,
stray cats et al away from your door)

Would forever keep aliens from visiting this planet (or probably this solar system, constellation and galaxy, jsut in case they really are listening)

Disrupt the harmonic vibrations of your wristwatch

And probably alter the magnetic field in your state.

Never had a problem with worms, but I used to find mice, squirrels and rabbits in the strainer. One morning, I found a litter of five black lab pups. Someone must have dropped them off out on the road, and all five managed to fall in. Fortunately, they were all still clawing at the sides when I discovered them.

I would think about stocking some smallmouth bass.


Best regards,
Nick.

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turn a few of these guys loose around your pool....worm problem solved...

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I'll raise you my cousin when it comes to "singing". That girl could chase the aliens away into a parallel universe, let alone out of the galaxy. I once asked my aunt how her daughter could be so out of tune with only one voice. My aunt agreed that she should stick to dancing.

That's what I like about the South. Mild winters. I don't even cover my pool. I just sock the clorine to it, run the pumps ocassionally, always in the event of below freezing temps which are rare. Sometimes I get a few baby frogs, but that's about it. I guess the clorine smell keeps everything else away.

We get worms and stuff at the beginning of every year even with a cover on. It happens after the chlorine breaks down over the winter. A quick vacuum sucks them all up and out with the leaves that manage to make it through the cover edges.

Now, about the damned ducks. After two years of yelling Duck a l'Orange recipes at them and getting totally ignored I finally settled on a remote control helicopter. Duck problem gone.