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November 10, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Melbourne,Fl.
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root knot nematodes
I need a new way to combat rootknot nematodes in my hot and sandy soil.
The best thing I have found is sorghum as a summer cover crop. It either kills or repels the little devils but the roots are big and tough and hard to till under. Sesame seems to suppress them but struggles in the summer heat. Any non-chemical miracle cures? |
November 16, 2012 | #2 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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RKNs are one of the reasons I grow in Self watering containers now, I can grow any variety, not just resistant ones, and they can't get in. SWCs also keep them always watered and there is always fertilizer and garden lime for them too, so they just go wild in them. Last year was my first year doing it that way, and I grew some in the ground too as a control, and the ones in the Earthboxes (SWCs) ATE THEIR LUNCH!!! More than twice as tall and many more fruits. That's how I get around the Nematodes. -Marsha |
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November 17, 2012 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E
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Here are a couple links that might interest. Ami
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.a...=2&article=019 http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...495016357.html You might find that making up a plant dip consisting of Actinovate, Biota Max and MycoGrow soluable might help. When Planting out your seedlings dip the roots in the dip solution prior to planting. Ami
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November 28, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Thorntons Beach Qld
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Neem Cake has worked well for me this year.
There is an added bonus that it is also a fertilizer. A search on neem cake gives many links mentioning it's properties in relation to controlling root knot nematodes. |
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nematodes , rootknot nematodes , summer cover crops |
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