Slug Nematodes 12million (Treats 40sq.m)

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Dispose of them as you wish – ideally putting them in a suitable natural habitat away from any cultivated land. It is sold to the horticultural trade and gardeners as a biocontrol of slugs, using the trade name Nemaslug. Composting is the process by which plant material is heaped together to rot (decompose) to produce compost. If you are dissatisfied in any way with their condition on arrival, please let us know within 14 days. The snail's head has four tentacles; the upper two have eye-like light sensors, and the lower two are tactile and used for smelling.

Rich in iron plus vitamins C, A, K and E, kale is also the easiest of all the brassicas to grow and will tolerate extreme cold conditions and even poor soil. The withdrawal was planned following advice from the UK expert committee on pesticides and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who consider that metaldehyde poses an unacceptable risk to birds and mammals. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Once at the required stage in their life, the nematodes are harvested by centrifugation of the medium, mixed with an inert carrier such as powdered clay or vermiculite. Most importantly Nemaslug Nematodes are environmentally friendly and safe for children, pets and wildlife (except for slugs and snails).The nematodes ( Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita) enter slugs' bodies and infect them with bacteria that cause a fatal disease. metres per second (compare this with Usain Bolt who runs a thousand times faster, at 12 mts per second. Nematodes are capable of surviving the odd frost, so don’t worry if the temperature falls after you have applied Nemaslug.

Unlike chemical pellets, the nematodes continue to work well during wet weather - exactly when you need protection against slugs.

In fact the associated bacteria was one of many that was tested to see if the combination of these particular nematodes and this particular bacteria were successful together in effective slug control and both were capable of commercial reproductivity. If applying in hot weather it is better to wait till later in the day when the soil won’t dry out so quickly and the nematodes will have a chance to migrate under the ground during the night. Start your slug control early and apply at least a week before planting to ensure your garden is safe from slugs. These specially selected nematodes attack the pest by entering natural body openings or by penetrating the insect cuticle directly.

The slugs that damage potatoes spend much of their time in the soil where they do not come into contact with slug pellets. Product names for slug pellets for home garden use containing metaldehyde that will be affected by this withdrawal include: Ultimate Slug and Snail Killer, Deadfast Slug Killer, Doff Slug Killer Blue Mini Pellets and Westland Eraza Slug and Snail Killer. This study focussed on combining the most well evidenced control measures and its results and evidence based advice will be published later in 2020.

If you have some prize plants then use Slug Rings once you have applied nematodes for extra protection. To keep them viable, they have to be kept at 5˚C/40˚F, not allowed to freeze and kept out of sunlight. Grit or Granules - natural mineral products that either form a sharp, gritty repellent barrier or suck the moisture from the slime that slugs and snails exude as they move. So whilst this process is going on somebody has to check which stage the nematodes are at in their life cycle.