Product Description
Nematodes are microscopic non-segmented worms which occur naturally in soil all over the world. Thousands of strains exist with different lifestyles. Beneficial nematodes only attack soil dwelling insects and leave plants alone. The nematodes enter the host through body openings or by penetration of the body wall. Once inside they release a bacterium which kills the host within 48 hours. The nematodes continue to reproduce and its offspring begin to seek out new host material. Beneficial nematodes are a totally safe biological parasitic insect control organism. The beneficial nematodes are so safe the EPA has waived the registration requirements for application.
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Elusive solutions, June 11, 2004
Reviewer: Gordon Ehrensing (see more about me) from Baton Rouge, LA
If you have a soil-dwelling insect problem, the best bet for you is Orcon's top-selling Nematodes. These worms, though invisible to the naked eye, are an excellent means of crop protection in either the home garden or commercial field. When I first bought my nematodes, I noticed within the week a serious reduction in pest signs. This satisfaction slowly vanished, however, after several nights of further consideration. As you can see in the picture, nematodes are not the prettiest animal to promote in the garden, and it soon became apparent to me that I had just loosed seven million of the creatures into my 10'x4' vegetable garden. As I spend a considerable portion of my time out of doors, I was suddenly living in Nematode Village, USA, grinding their non-segmented bodies between my toes, inhaling nematode bodies and excrement, and likely tracking them all over the house when I came inside. When I uprooted a head of lettuce from the garden one evening and prepared a salad, I brought the greens to my mouth and couldn't shake the feeling that tiny, swarming nematodes were frolicking about my gumline. This was the straw that broke the camel's back.
After some frantic researching, I decided that ladybugs would eliminate the nematode colony and solve everything that had gone wrong. The more the merrier, I said, and placed an order for Orcon's convenient 9000-count bundle. Well, you may gather where this is going, but it took Orcon lacewings to kill the ladybugs, and for the lacewings I bought 6 egg cases of Orcon praying mantids (an equivalent of 6000 young). When Orcon told me the best control of mantids was their top-selling nematode, I finally wised up. Like some sick version of a Looney Tunes episode, I was back where I started and no closer to eternally ridding my garden of pests.
If you know what you're getting into, I still appreciate the soil-dwelling insect control capabilities of the nematode, but users beware. Take a lesson from me and avoid Orcon's consumer scheme. Insects and parasites might be destructive to your cultigens, but as far as the independent planter is concerned they as a unit are a necessary evil with no easy solution. If you want the quick fix I was after, forget about it.
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