In "Teeming with Microbes" I came across the information that nematodes
could control snail and slugs, and more it turns out. Haven't tried it
yet but it is too tempting to pass up.

Anybody have any feed back?
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Beneficial Predatory Nematodes (1 million) - S&H Included
Item 02499
Predatory Nematodes

(Steinemema carpocapsae & Heterorhabditis heliothedis)
Control soil-dwelling insects and insect larvae

Heterorhabilitis: Lives inthe top 7" of the soil.
Steinernema: Lives on or near the surface of the soil.

Predatory Nematodes are an effective control for literally hundreds of
pest insects that have a life stage in the soil. This is a partial list
of the more common species "Double-Death" Predator Nematodes are known
to control:

Beetles:
Banded Cucumber Beetle, Bark Beetle, Click Beetle, Colorado Potato
Beetle, Checkered Beetle, Flea Beetle, Japanese Beetle, June Beetle,
Leaf Beetle, Mexican Bean Beetle, Pine Beetle, Powder Post Beetle,
Scarab Beetle, Southern Pine Beetle, White Fringed Beetle

Borers:
European Corn Borer, Onion Borer, Round Headed Borer, Wood Borer

Crickets:
Field Cricket, Morman Cricket

Flies:
Black Fly, Crane Fly, Fruit Fly, Saw Fly

Moths:
Carpenter Moth, Codling Moth, Gypsy Moth, Meal Moth, Oriental Fruit
Moth, Pine Tip Moth, Winter Moth

Weevils:
Banana Root Weevil, Boll Weevil, Cane Weevil, Corn Root Weevil, Pecan
Weevil, Pine Weevil, Rice Weevil, Strawberry Root Weevil

Worms:
Army Worms, Cabbage Worm, Corn Earworms, Cutworms, Fall Army Worm,
Hornworm, Meal Worm, Measuring Worm (Loopers), Melon Worm, Pink
Bollworm, Potato Tubeworm, Sod Webworm, Southern Rootworm, Spruce
Budworm, Tobacco Budworm, Tobacco Hornworm, Webworms, Wireworms

Miscellaneous:
Algae Gnats, Apple Leaf Roller, Assassin Bugs, Bean Leaf Roller,
Billbugs, Cabbage Aphid, Cabbage Looper, Chinch Bugs, Cotton Stainer,
Fleas, Fungus Gnats, Gall Midges, Gall Gnats, German Cockroaches,
Grasshoppers, Imported Fire Ants, Lacewings, Leaf Skeletonizer, Leather
Jackets, Pear Aphids, Red Bugs, Seed Corn Maggot, Squash Bugs, Sting
Bugs, Termite, Thrips, White Grubs, Yellow Fever Mosquito

As you can see, this is quite a list! This is only the insects known to
have been controlled by "Double-Death" Predatory Nematodes, and many
more probably are controlled by predator nematodes, if they have a life
stage in the soil.

Predatory Nematodes can survive over a wide temperature range (32degrees
* 90 degrees F.), but are most effective as an insect control at soil
temperatures of 50-85 degrees F. Apply Predatory Nematodes every 4-6
weeks throughout the season when soil temperatures are in this range.
For insects that emerge in Spring and return in the Fall, Springtime and
Fall applications are most effective, timed for when the soil
temperature is about 50-55 degrees F. both times. Use One Million
Predatory Nematodes to treat up to 3,000 square feet of soil surface.

Microscopic Predator Nematodes attack and kill almost any insect that
lives in the soil, even large as a cutworm. Not to be confused with pest
nematodes, Predator Nematodes attack ONLY pest insects, never plants,
and they are harmless to earthworms, too. But if it is an insect, watch
out! So long as an insect spends part of its life cycle resting in the
soil (as many insect pests do) Predatory Nematodes attack by invading
the insect body and then reproducing on what remains, until only a
"shell" is left behind. More nematodes then emerge to repeat the cycle.

Predator Nematodes are so tiny, one million fit on a small 2"sponge.
Each million treats up to 3000 square feet of soil surface. To use,
rinse the sponge(s) in a gallon of water. This gallon can then be
further diluted with as little of as much water as desired, and watered
into the soil.

How do you water them into the soil? It doesn't really matter - you can
water them in with a watering can, spray them in with a pump sprayer
(no, the pressure doesn't hurt them - they go through the nozzle fine),
or even run them through a hose end sprayer or fertilizer injector. The
important things are to use them within 2 hours of mixing (because after
that they start to drown) and release them in the early morning or
evening (because sunlight harms them until they are watered into the
soil). Water them in so they are flushed through the top 2-3 inches of
soil.

For most pests, good control has been reached with repeat applications
of nematodes every 4-6 weeks. They will live longest when the soil stays
moist, but not saturated with water. IF you want to store the nematode
"sponges" for a while prior to release, they will keep in the
refrigerator (at 40-50 degrees F.) for up to 2 months. Add a few drops
of water if they seem to be drying out.

Our Predator Nematodes perform better and go farther because they are
raised on a diet of live insects. Some other brands are raised on an
artificial diet and are not nearly as vigorous as our live-reared
nematodes. Stored live in the refrigerator (not dehydrated), our
Predator Nematodes are immediately active and rapidly set up breeding
populations.

Although the use of Predator Nematodes is well established for soil
pests, some growers are using them on foliage pests as well. These
gardeners spray nematodes on foliage in the evening and then mist
foliage throughout the night to keep moist conditions favorable to
nematodes. Nematodes actually crawl into the leaf-miner tunnels this way
and have been used against other pests as well. Please let us know your
results if you experiment in the manner and we will pass your
information on. Application: Each package covers 3000sqft, 1500sqft for
fleas. We recommend repeated applications every 4-6 weeks during the
insect season.

This product must remain refridgerated prior to application. Price
includes USPS Priority Mail Shipping.

Due to special permitting requirements, we regret that we are not able
to ship to Hawaii.
Manufactured by: Nature's Control

PRICE: $19.50
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Billy
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

"Billy Rose" wrote in message
...
In "Teeming with Microbes" I came across the information that nematodes
could control snail and slugs, and more it turns out. Haven't tried it
yet but it is too tempting to pass up.

Anybody have any feed back?
--------

snip!

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

In article ,
"Manelli Family" wrote:

"Billy Rose" wrote in message
...
In "Teeming with Microbes" I came across the information that nematodes
could control snail and slugs, and more it turns out. Haven't tried it
yet but it is too tempting to pass up.

Anybody have any feed back?
--------

snip!

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Possibly but I surprised that no one has mentioned it before.
http://www.google.com/search?q=nemat...&oe=utf-8&aq=t
&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a
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Billy
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/