Nematodes
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OSBuds
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Beneficial Nematodes Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about Beneficial Nematodes with information including application instructions and rates, best temperatures, pests affected, and product safety.
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myke
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Nice thx,says
- 5 million treats 1,600 sq. ft.
Is their concern of over doing it in small 10g pots/sips?
myke
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Mine are in a sponge. Not granular like what you have. I assume I can just take a 1/4 chunk off and soak that. I have two sponges at 5 million in ea.
J232
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Yeah I didn’t see the sponge version, tea bags and a shaker. The shakers are in the billions, a chunk would prob work.
Weedvin
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Nematodes
Also known as roundworms.
Organic methods (2) heat the soil 140°F. French marigolds will repel them also. One more method PYRETHRIN /soil drenching.
m4s73r
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LMAO wut?
Yep this. Dont have to use RO water, just make sure to bubble your tap water to let all the chlorine evaporate.
myke
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Thanks,should i wait till I see some fliers or do it now? Just reset my room see my sig.
Samwell Seed Well
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thier are many types of nematodes with specific prey make sure yours are helping you.
keep water between 64-72 degrees, temperatures outside this range will kill them. nematodes do not do well outside their prefered range and they die later drop shock or right away from shock.(in the solution)
and yes the sponge can be cut but why, they will all die soon, might as well use them all in one or 2 drenches
keep water between 64-72 degrees, temperatures outside this range will kill them. nematodes do not do well outside their prefered range and they die later drop shock or right away from shock.(in the solution)
and yes the sponge can be cut but why, they will all die soon, might as well use them all in one or 2 drenches
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m4s73r
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Now, if youve topdressed compost or mulch stuff is breaking down. Get them on there asap.
Weedvin
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Now
myke
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So no fear of overdose?they do expire in a month.
m4s73r
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Nope, cant overdose them.
PadawanWarrior
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There's nematodes in most EWC too. I use to make EWC teas and I would see them swimming around sometimes.
lakesidegrower
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I’m wanting a bench microscope real bad lately
PadawanWarrior
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Ya, that'd be cool.
Lockedin
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@PadawanWarrior turned me on to nematodes. Thanks! 
I ordered 10M Scanmask nemas and just evenly divided the contents of the package (spongy / pulpy nutritive media) throughout my pots.
They halted a bad fungus gnat issue in its tracks. - took about 36 hours to eliminate them IIRC.
Bonus - I usually start new sprouts in FFOF from the last grow - I figure it's FFOF-lite. It seems that there were some nema population from the old soil that survived and inoculated the new soil and I saw no pests at all that grow.
However, I think that the population died shortly after the pests died - I need to order more.
I ordered 10M Scanmask nemas and just evenly divided the contents of the package (spongy / pulpy nutritive media) throughout my pots.
They halted a bad fungus gnat issue in its tracks. - took about 36 hours to eliminate them IIRC.
Bonus - I usually start new sprouts in FFOF from the last grow - I figure it's FFOF-lite. It seems that there were some nema population from the old soil that survived and inoculated the new soil and I saw no pests at all that grow.
However, I think that the population died shortly after the pests died - I need to order more.
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