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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:05 am 
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Will beneficial nematodes perpetuate themselves when introduced to a garden, or will they have to be reintroduced every so often.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:10 pm 
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Both. They will perpetuate as long as the moisture, temperature, and host insects are there. When you lose one of those, you have to reapply. I think the cycle usually goes like this. You apply a million and they jump up to a billion (trillion??) quickly. Then as the huge population of nematodes kills all the host insects, the nematodes die way back. All this can happen in 6 months.

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