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Planting Preparations for Growing Tomatoes No chances should be taken with border soil. It is advisable to have some form of analysis carried out, even if it is only a pH and potato cyst eelworm check.
13/11/2017
Using radish to control cyst eelworm A fodder radish crop can exterminate up to 95% of a cyst eelworm population and be used for biofumigation, writes Bill Kerr.
16/06/2018
Planting Preparations for Growing Tomatoes No chances should be taken with border soil. It is advisable to have some form of analysis carried out, even if it is only a pH and potato cyst eelworm check.
07/11/2018
Eelworms love carrots By far the biggest carrot pest is the root knot eelworm (Melodogyne spp). In many other vegetable crops, these nematodes are not much of a problem
18/12/2018
Other carrot problems Carrots are not attacked by many pests, apart from eelworm. Nonetheless, there are a few pests that can prove a problem.
20/12/2018
Learning to live with the beet cyst nematode The cyst nematode (eelworm) get its name from the hardened cyst that it forms to protect its eggs.
27/08/2019
Nematodes: not all bad It may surprise many farmers that not all nematodes (eelworms) are harmful to crops.
09/09/2019
Can marigolds control eelworm? When I first began planting tomatoes in soil in tunnels, the soil was infested with eelworm, which killed susceptible varieties before they could even start
02/12/2019
Dealing with eelworm There are a number of species to contend with; the common root knot genera (Melodogyne spp.) are easy to identify as the nematode enters the root and causes
19/12/2019
Crop problems: look for the clues! We recently discussed how to identify mineral deficiencies and eelworm infestation. Many other problems can occur, of course.
20/12/2019