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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: Root-knot Nematode in Florida
Message-ID: <1993Feb1.172726.10396@iscsvax.uni.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 93 17:27:26 -0600
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In article <1kch74INNknm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, arkdr@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Dave Rindos) writes:
> This month's Gardening Australia came out a little while ago.  In it
> there was a letter on controlling nematodes (the bane of my life!).  The
> recommendation was for 1kg of common sugar dissolved in warm water per
> 10 sq meters of garden.  More highly recommended (for its fertilising
> value and cheaper prices) was feed molasses at 4-20 kg (again diluted in
> at least 3 parts water per part molasses) per 10 m2.

Is the sugar supposed to plasmolyze the nematodes, or just encourage
predatory fungi?  Or something else?   BTW, we're growing nematode-
trapping fungi in Bio I lab this year... ;-) 8-)

Kay Klier



