When and How to Use Nematodes in the Garden. Nematodes play a vital role in maintaining healthy soil and are essential for promoting complete nutrient cycling in balanced ecosystems, according to ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

A mix of different beneficial nematodes to use around fruit and vegetable crops. This mix protects from many pests, including ...

As Morris Hankinson, Director of Hopes Grove Nurseries, explains, 'By far the best way to encourage natural predators to your ...

You can attract blackbirds and other ground-feeding birds by scattering some seed and installing a low-platform feeder.

Gardening with Nematodes. If you garden in sandy soil, there is a good chance nematodes are plaguing your plants, draining them of the energy they need to grow and thrive.

Chances are you've seen commercials and advertisements for grub controls. One you may not have seen is for a biological, nonchemical, very effective control: ...

There's an invisible pest living in the soil of our vegetable gardens. For many local gardeners, high populations of nematodes can reduce the vigor and productivity of their crops. These ...

While planting pansies and some other cool season annuals in pots, planters and in flower beds this weekend, I was reminded about nematodes. If you are unfamiliar with nematodes, they ...

Nematodes are a rare occurrence in young plants. It is normally not something that happens to recently planted trees unless you have nematode-infested soil. VIEW E-EDITION.

Jerry asks: I have had problems with root knot nematodes in the past. Currently, one of my tomato plants looks like it is dying. Could that be the cause? Is there anything I can do to save the ...

I first realized I had nematodes several years ago when I planted tomatoes in what I thought would be great gardening soil, but their growth that year was anemic and yield was very poor.