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I purchased the 25m triple blend nematode pack because I found wireworms in a new garden area where I had just planted some blueberries. I chose this blend after carefully researching online and reviewing their website and figured the triple blend would be great to treat any additional pests that might be in that area. On their website it states that this treats the egg, larva and pupae stages of pests which was great since wireworms are the larval stage of the click beetle. Additionally, the site said I should see results within a couple of days. Thank the lucky stars there's a product that's supposed to kill wireworms and it's not an insecticide! I didn't have a huge area to treat but thought that since there's a lot of them, laying these microscopic pest killers on thickly would be a good thing anyway! I received the product and it was still cold which was great. I threw it in the refrigerator just in case and left it overnight and planned how to apply it correctly. After triple checking the process and plucking wireworms off my potato traps, I applied the nematodes according to the package and website and carefully made sure the application area was lightly watered every day so these killers could get to killing. After 3 days I decided to check my potato traps, hoping to see just one dead wireworm near the traps. Instead, I found them as happy as can be munching away on the traps. I didn't expect to see a lot dead, but I had hoped for at least one near their main party spot, and found none. But, I was sure they just needed a little time. So I carefully covered my traps back up and waited another 4 days. When I checked again, the result was the same: wireworms aplenty, no casualties. I contacted the seller to ask if there was a way I had a bad batch. I didn't apply them incorrectly, I waited a week to see even a single visible result, I bought the blend that targeted wireworms, I applied the entire bag into a very small spot so I didn't under-apply, and I just wasn't sure where to go from there. The first response I got was to tell me that nematodes work from the bottom up (cool info), and that they kill egg, larva and pupae stages of pests (still cool, but already knew that). However, from there I was told that it could take 2 weeks to see any results (not cool) and that I should re-treat after 14 days, and see good results after 6-8 weeks (even more into the not cool zone). Now, herein lies the problem. When I went to the Natures Good Guys website to research the product initially, I didn't see this. Instead I saw "Within a few days the pest will change color and die". So this was completely contradictory to what I had researched. However, I knew I had a lot of wireworms to kill, which is why I gave it a week, hoping to see a casualty. Additionally, when they messaged me to tell me that nematodes only work on eggs, larva and pupae, I responded telling them that the wireworm IS the larval stage of the Click Beetle. I mean, that's why I got nematodes. I again asked if there's a chance that the SC strain of nematode (that they outlined on their guide attacks wireworms) could have been bad? Their response? It would have smelled like rotten meat. Ok, so....that wasn't mentioned anywhere, and shoving my nose near a bag filled with 25 million microscopic roundworms really never crossed my mind, and was definitely not on my to-do list when I was mixing this up. So, I guess at this point I'm going to chalk this up to the fact that either 1) the nematodes don't in fact work on wireworms as advertised, 2) the seller just doesn't know what they're talking about, or 3) I received a bad batch and didn't know I had to do a smell test to make sure they were good (gross). I'll probably give nematoes another try, but it won't be this brand. :(
May 2020 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase
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