Nematode control

MarlynnMarcks · March 30, 2016

I just received a catalogue in the mail It was from a company called Spray-N-Grow which has a product called "Nematode Control." Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

4season · March 30, 2016

Never used that but out of a mix of chicken litter, dwarf French marigolds, and chitosan I don't have problems in that area of my garden. Root knot nematodes egg shells are chitin, adding chitosan increases whatever eats chitin so more shells are eaten before they hatch or whatever they do. There is a thread crab shells in raised beds where this is mentioned.

**carolyn137** · March 30, 2016

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Originally Posted by MarlynnMarcks

I just received a catalogue in the mail It was from a company called Spray-N-Grow which has a product called "Nematode Control." Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

I haven't tried it b'c there are no nematod problems whereIam,unless on transplants shipped up from the south,, but I do know of the company and have nothing good to say about it.

Have you looked for information in the disease and Pest Control Forum where questions such as yours are usually posted?

In addition,if you do a search here at Tville I know that there are many many threads about nematode control that probably will answer all of your questions from those who have faced the same problem.

Carolyn

alexita · March 30, 2016

For anyone wondering, the product's website states it is "Made from saponins extracted from the Quillaja tree" and that it's for "use on lawns to control Anguina pacifica (sic) which is a problem in N California.

Are you having problems with the root-knot nematodes that love our sandy soils? I don't know anything about the product, but personally I wouldn't choose a product to treat unrelated nematodes that attack shoots on lawns for RKN deeper in the soil.

I used to pull up my tomatoes and peppers after I was done with them to count the root knots. After amending the soil with plenty of organic matter, adding chitin (crab shells) and tilling under French marigolds I went from 50+ knots per plant to zero. So I second 4season's solution if you're treating RKN on tomatoes.

BigVanVader · March 30, 2016

Solarization works but the nematodes will come back if you dont use some other sort of control. I have been solarizing my soil for 3 years now and it has helped a lot with the nematodes but all the organic matter I have added is likely just as important.

March 30, 2016	#1
MarlynnMarcks Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Port St Lucie, Florida Posts: 180	Nematode control I just received a catalogue in the mail It was from a company called Spray-N-Grow which has a product called "Nematode Control." Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

March 30, 2016	#2
4season Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: albuquerque Posts: 308	Never used that but out of a mix of chicken litter, dwarf French marigolds, and chitosan I don't have problems in that area of my garden. Root knot nematodes egg shells are chitin, adding chitosan increases whatever eats chitin so more shells are eaten before they hatch or whatever they do. There is a thread crab shells in raised beds where this is mentioned.

March 30, 2016	#4
alexita Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 42	For anyone wondering, the product's website states it is "Made from saponins extracted from the Quillaja tree" and that it's for "use on lawns to control Anguina pacifica (sic) which is a problem in N California. Are you having problems with the root-knot nematodes that love our sandy soils? I don't know anything about the product, but personally I wouldn't choose a product to treat unrelated nematodes that attack shoots on lawns for RKN deeper in the soil. I used to pull up my tomatoes and peppers after I was done with them to count the root knots. After amending the soil with plenty of organic matter, adding chitin (crab shells) and tilling under French marigolds I went from 50+ knots per plant to zero. So I second 4season's solution if you're treating RKN on tomatoes.

March 30, 2016	#5
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Solarization works but the nematodes will come back if you dont use some other sort of control. I have been solarizing my soil for 3 years now and it has helped a lot with the nematodes but all the organic matter I have added is likely just as important.