Does anyone use the above product?
I have issues with my carrots if I leave them in the ground over winter they are riddled with carrot fly. Which disproves they can’t scale a raised bed mine are 450mm high, and my carrots are flanked by onions. I thought this might help this year and I wondered if others used it?
Nematodes are effective, but it's important to keep the soil moist after application otherwise the nematodes will die off before they can kill the pests. I've used the Fruit & Veg Protection, Vine Weevil and Nemaslug before.
I’ve not tried those Mikey I grow my carrots in buckets covered with netting it’s the only thing that works for me.
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(25-05-2020, 06:45 AM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]Does anyone use the above product?
I have issues with my carrots if I leave them in the ground over winter they are riddled with carrot fly. Which disproves they can’t scale a raised bed mine are 450mm high, and my carrots are flanked by onions. I thought this might help this year and I wondered if others used it?
I haven't used it but I thought it was only to control slugs? If carrot fly is the problem I wouldn't have thought it would work?
If I am wrong on this, I stand corrected.
(25-05-2020, 10:50 AM)Vinny Wrote: [ -> ] (25-05-2020, 06:45 AM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]Does anyone use the above product?
I have issues with my carrots if I leave them in the ground over winter they are riddled with carrot fly. Which disproves they can’t scale a raised bed mine are 450mm high, and my carrots are flanked by onions. I thought this might help this year and I wondered if others used it?
I haven't used it but I thought it was only to control slugs? If carrot fly is the problem I wouldn't have thought it would work?
If I am wrong on this, I stand corrected.
Nemaslug is probably the most well known but they also have products targeting vine weevils, chafer grubs, leatherjackets etc. Different nematodes attack different pests, for instance the scientific name of the slug nematode is Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita whereas the chafer grub nematode is Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. The Nemasys Fruit & Veg Protection is a mixture of types intended to prevent 'carrot root fly, cabbage root fly, leatherjackets, cutworms, onion fly, ants, sciarid fly, caterpillars, gooseberry sawfly, thrips, and codling moth'.
The Fruit & Veg Protection is quite good value, the slug and vine weevil products are almost double the price
I've only used nemaslug but can't recommend it warmly enough. It's miracle stuff
Thrushes make quite good slug collectors, I've been improving the garden habitat to attract more birds in general over the last couple of years. Adding small trees to provide cover and nesting positions, growing autumn berries, hawthorn, elder, along with raspberries, loganberry and blackcurrants. My hanging baskets also support bird feeders, and I have a few feeders which are less obvious for the shy thrush.
I don't use pellets in the garden but, will use fire ash, and the occasional coffee grounds, I wouldn't want to harm anything that is eating that which causes me difficulty. I think when you first start gardening it's all about the war, you fight mother nature, anything that eats your veg and flowers. I think it takes time and years of research to discover why not let nature fight itself by providing the right habitat for creatures that eat your enemies.
I'm not there yet but, every year gets a little more prepared.