Re: Nematodes
>I tried a few years back to obtain these little creatures from a nursery
>here in Canada....Sothwestern ONT.......I couldn't get them....Is there
>a mail order address...for them..??.Could Some-one post ....or let me
>know if they can be obtained ...in Canada ....from a garden
>center...And what could the reason be for why ...they weren't
>available.....here.......??
>Thanks
>Deborah
>
Hi Deborah! Well there is only one main company when it comes to Nematodes,
as far as I know.... Garden's Alive.
They have their own strain (Hb) which has a "tooth" and moves 10 times
farther than other Sc strains. (Or so they claim, anyway).
They also offer Steinernema feltiae (Sf) strain for control of "bad"
root-knot nematodes. I actually still have some of the Hb strain in our
basement refrigerator right now.
I checked and the only restriction they have is that they cannot ship to
Hawaii, but they don't mention anything about Canada. ....Wait, i just saw
the order form, now on that it says they cannot ship anything to Hawaii or
Canada. That's odd, I wonder why then they have the separate "Hawaii"
disclaimer on the Nematodes when they don't ship there anyway. Weird. Anyway
you still might want to try. At least the catalog has a lot of information
about the nematodes, if nothing else. If they won't send you a copy, let me
know and I'll send you one of mine. I suppose if you really wanted the
nematodes I could try to get some for you and send them to you myself, but I
am not sure if there are any customs rules against it, so I would have to
check.
If you want, I could also scan the pages from my catalog if you wanted to
read about them right away. It wouldn't be a problem.
The address for GARDENS ALIVE is:
GARDENS ALIVE!
5100 Schenley Place
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
Phone: 1-812-537-8650
I am guessing there might be someplace in Canada also that might sell them.
But as far as I know, the new strains by Garden's ALive are supposedly the
best. Hope I helped some!
-Steve
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