swade
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Posts: 7
Location: Glen Rose,TEXAS
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:05 am Post subject: Beneficial nematodes |
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Will beneficial nematodes perpetuate themselves when introduced to a garden, or will they have to be reintroduced every so often.
Thanks,
Steve |
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Dchall_San_Antonio
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Posts: 1986
Location: San Antonio,TEXAS
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Both. They will perpetuate as long as the moisture, temperature, and host insects are there. When you lose one of those, you have to reapply. I think the cycle usually goes like this. You apply a million and they jump up to a billion (trillion??) quickly. Then as the huge population of nematodes kills all the host insects, the nematodes die way back. All this can happen in 6 months. |
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