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When to apply Nematodes?

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  • 22-09-2009 11:31am
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    IRCA
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭


    HI,

    My entire Potatoe crop has been destroyed by Slugs this year and I've now decided to go the Nematode route (done all the other methods/pellets etc... and yes I have chickens but they don't like slugs and the wife won't let me keep ducks!)

    Does anyone have a suggestion on when to apply nematodes? I know my crop is lost, should I apply now or wait until next year?

    Any advice appreciated.


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    dardevle
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    do no harm to start a course of nematode treatment in the autumn before the first frost as you will kill a lot of the adult breeding slugs before they lay there eggs and this will be of benefit to you next year.



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    IRCA
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭IRCA


    dardevle wrote: »
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    do no harm to start a course of nematode treatment in the autumn before the first frost as you will kill a lot of the adult breeding slugs before they lay there eggs and this will be of benefit to you next year.



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    Thanks for the advice!


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