On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers (Broadleaf)
this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry liquid feed,
rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said that you can
introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you hydrate the crystals
then incorporate them into the potting compost, the treatment is held
in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots get into them they then
take up the vine weevil chemical, that way it's getting to where it is
needed at the plant roots and not being spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday morning.

I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon