[CH] worms
Susan And Graham Marshall (abycats@nightmist.ca)
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 15:21:45 -0800
I found out what the worms are. They are fungal gnat larvae. They feed on
rotting materials in the soil and the tender shoots of seedlings. And as I
found they also go inside the seeds that are tender just when they start to
germinate and eat them. I found a website that is in Ontario and they sell
larva parasite nematodes that you mix with water and water your plants as
normal. The nematodes enter the gnat larva and kill it from the inside. So
this is not harmful to anything other than the worms and the lifecycle of
the gnats is very short so I'm crossing my fingers that I can nip it in the
bud by mid week. Here is a great info page if anyone else needs to know
about these little buggers.
http://coop.co.pinellas.fl.us/Commhort/publications/fungus-gnats.htm
Susan
Nightmist Abyssinians
Susan & Graham Marshall
www.nightmist.ca
abycats@nightmist.ca