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Soil Pest Control using Nematodes |
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Most plant pests spend at least part of their lives underground. This makes soil-dwelling nematodes ideal to destroy a wide range of pests. Hb nematodes work especially well on lethargic, deeply planted pests like Japanese grub beetles. They prefer soil temperatures of 65-70 degrees F and live approximately 8 weeks. Sc nematodes are better for more active, shallow-living pests like fungus gnats or mushroom fly larvae, and prefer soil temperatures of 60-70 degrees. They live approximately 15 weeks. Both species like slightly moist soil, but will live in a wide variety of conditions. Cooler temperatures will slow their reproduction and development. The mixture of the two species is useful for a variety of pests, if you are unsure of what pests you need to control, or for control of cutworms. Both species work very quickly, and can also devastate population of flea beetles, fruit borers, black vine weevils, cabbage root maggots, leafminers, potato tuber worms, and many other pests. They reproduce within 9 days of release, but still require yearly re-release to maintain effective population levels. Releases should be timed for early spring, when many pests will be in their soil-dwelling forms. They have a such a wide range of hosts that they can damage other beneficial species, although this is rare. They will not harm people, earthworms, or the H. miles soil-dwelling mite that we carry. They also will not hurt other nematode species, including harmful nematodes, like the lance, root-knot, and dagger nematodes. Direct sunlight will kill nematodes, so they should be released in the evening. Release them using a watering can, water sprayer, or fertilizer injector.
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| Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 1,000,000 | 15.50 |
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| Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 6,000,000 | 49.50 |
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| Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 25,000,000 (acre pack) | 150.00 |
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| Steinernema carpocapsae | 1,000,000 | 15.50 |
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| Steinernema carpocapsae | 6,000,000 | 50.00 |
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| Steinernema carpocapsae | 25,000,000 (acre pack) | 140.00 |
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| Hb and Sc Mixture | 1,000,000 | 35.00 |
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| Hb and Sc Mixture | 6,000,000 | 55.00 |
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| Hb and Sc Mixture | 25,000,000 (acre pack) | 145.00 |
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| Hb and Sc Mixture | 250,000,000 (10 acre pack) | 645.50 |
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