Re: [CH] worms
Rob Pieters (r.pieters7@chello.nl)
Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:17:55 +0200
Best method to avoid to find bugs or any thing in your starting soil in the
future is to 'cook' the soil before using.
Just heat up the oven to 150 deg C ,put the soil you want to use (as dry as
possible to start with)
in a tray and bake it for 20 minutes or so, depending of the amount.
The soil will be 100% bug, fungus and bacterial free.
Depending on the soil you use.. it can smell a bit... but it works the best
and without any chemical stuff.
Hot regards
Rob NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan And Graham Marshall" <abycats@nightmist.ca>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 1:21 AM
Subject: [CH] worms
> 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
>
>