Re: [compost_tea] Neamatoads,Thanks

From: w.reece speas <wrspeas_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:08:57 -0800 (PST)

Hi Dr. E , Thank you yes it helps a bunch have a great day. you to hi yield!

soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:Hi Reece-

There is no inoculum of predatory nematodes that you can buy on the market. You can buy entomophagous nematodes, such as Steinernema or Heterorhabditus, which go after root-grubs, soft-bodied insects, and weevils.

You can add these nematodes to your compost, and let them increase in numbers in the compost, and then extract into your tea. Nematodes do not grow in compost tea, since tea brews for a short time, and nematodes require very specific cues (generally seasonal, or kinds of prey present) in order to reproduce.

Hope this helps!

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
http://www.soilfoodweb.com

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