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Re: Nematode control (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 22:24:59 +0100 (BST)
From: Geraldo_Deffune <pah_gd@wye.ac.uk>
To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Cc: Andy Gordon <a_gordon@mildura.net.au>, sarra@entelchile.net,
BD Email List <bd-l@biodynamics.com>
Subject: Re: Nematode control (fwd)
Dear Andy,
There are a number of allelopathic/organic/biodynamic methods of nematode
control, that were successful in Brazil - so I hope your nems are as
"down under" as ours:
1. Intercropping and winter mulching with "Tagetes minuta" (marigold spp),
"Crotalaria spectabilis" or "C.paulinea" (spp of sunhemp). They are known
as Nematode traps - their roots attract them and their great populational
concentration seem to render them susceptible to natural control by
fungal diseases like the...
2. Nematophagous fungus (I don't remember the Latin name now) sold
commercially in France.
3. Well matured compost seems to increase the inocculum potential of
these antagonistic microbes - very good results in coffee plantations.
4. If you've got a REALLY BAD infestation, collect as many pests as you
can and burn them out in 2 parts of saw-chips in a closed oven, by the
time both the Sun and Moon are in the constelation of the Bull (usually
mid/end-MAY). Stir-grind the ashes for some 20 minutes, AT LEAST.
Sprinkle them thinly around your fields. repeat for 2-3 years. This is the
"BD vaccine" which principles I have neither time nor space here to explain.
All these are general recommendations. Specific "in site" kowledge of the
problem may well be required.
Good luck with your "nemys".
Geraldo DEFFUNE - G.Deffune@wye.ac.uk
Wye College - University of London
Sustainable Agriculture Research Group
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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup) wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:35:31 +1000
> From: Andy Gordon <a_gordon@mildura.net.au>
> To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu
> Subject: Nematode control
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> Nematodes in citrus and vine growing soils are proving a problem in this
> irrigation area. Do subscribers have any info on non chemical
> control/erradication methods? There chemicals available for application to
> soils but other means are desirable.
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> Andy Gordon
> MILDURA VIC.
> AUSTRALIA 3500
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> PH. +61 350 212 992
> FAX +61 350 212 205
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