Comments on: Steinernema feltiae VS The Fruit Flies http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/steinernema-feltiae-vs-the-fruit-flies/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/steinernema-feltiae-vs-the-fruit-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-8501 Bentley Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:04:50 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=202#comment-8501 Thanks for popping by Asha - I'm certainly looking forward to the results myself. Hopefully I'll end up with a bin full of nematodes (and dead fruit fly larvae), so I can add them elsewhere. Dwayne - I suspect you are right. Part of the reason I am testing them out like this is to see if I can create something of an ongoing culture of the nematodes. It will obviously be a little more difficult in the winter (don't want to keep lots of fruit flies inside), but I'm going to research the biology of these nematodes a little more and see if there is some way to make them go dormant without killing them. They aren't super cheap (or readily available) so I'd prefer it if I didn't have to order more. Thanks for popping by Asha – I’m certainly looking forward to the results myself. Hopefully I’ll end up with a bin full of nematodes (and dead fruit fly larvae), so I can add them elsewhere.

Dwayne – I suspect you are right. Part of the reason I am testing them out like this is to see if I can create something of an ongoing culture of the nematodes. It will obviously be a little more difficult in the winter (don’t want to keep lots of fruit flies inside), but I’m going to research the biology of these nematodes a little more and see if there is some way to make them go dormant without killing them. They aren’t super cheap (or readily available) so I’d prefer it if I didn’t have to order more.

]]> By: Dwayne http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/steinernema-feltiae-vs-the-fruit-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-8470 Dwayne Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:39:21 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=202#comment-8470 Bentley I used nematodes on soldier fly maggots. It worked for a while and now they are back. I think I have read that you must re-treat ever so often. I have gotten used to them but it did seem to work and should work on the fruit flies. Dwayne Bentley

I used nematodes on soldier fly maggots. It worked for a while and now they are back. I think I have read that you must re-treat ever so often. I have gotten used to them but it did seem to work and should work on the fruit flies.

Dwayne

]]> By: Asha http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/steinernema-feltiae-vs-the-fruit-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-8465 Asha Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:04:11 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=202#comment-8465 I have been lurking on your site for sometime now. Very interesting to read your experiments with the worms. Waiting to see what happens with this one! Never thought fruit flies could be a good thing after all :) I have been lurking on your site for sometime now. Very interesting to read your experiments with the worms. Waiting to see what happens with this one! Never thought fruit flies could be a good thing after all :)

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