I don't solarize until the summer and I"m in the central valley of CA. Our
temps frequently go over 100.

Planting marigolds help with nematodes around tomatoes. And don't forget to
rotate your crops.

HTH
Nicole
BTW, 112 is not high enuf to solarize

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"Daniel Prince" wrote in message
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I am attempting to solarizing the soil in one of my garden plots because
last year all my tomatoes had nematodes. I am using the instructions in
the "Sunset Western Garden Problem Solver" except that I am using 6 mil
plastic because that is what my brother bought.

I put the remote probe from a digital thermometer on the soil surface in
the middle of the 4 foot by 20 foot bed and so far the highest
temperature I have gotten was 112 degrees F. Is that hot enough to kill
nematodes? Thank you in advance for all replies.
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