Live Beneficial Nematodes Hb+Sc+Sf - Kills Over 200 Different Species of Soil Dwelling and Wood Boring Insects. (5 Million_Nematodes)

These kept the bad bugs away for awhile. I need to order more.

I think these saved my garden this year. We had a bad infestation of cucumber beetles last year and started to see them pretty early this year, so we added these nematodes to help keep the pest populations down. I went from pulling weeds whose roots were covered in larva, to having virtually no pests at all. We still had to take care of the beetles already flying around but the numbers didn’t seem to grow at all. Easy to mix and use, and I guess they work for as long as they need to, so I will be buying this again next year to start the garden off on the right foot.

Great product

They seem to have done the job might have to do it again

I have a garden in my basement. I originally started out in hydroponics and decided to see how I could do with a "soil like medium" in a grow bag. A number of months after I started this project I noticed some small fly's (I think fruit fly's). Over the weeks they got to be significant and I was looking for ways to get rid of them. I hung the sticky fly catching strips and tried other methods (no pesticides) and nothing was working very well. When I saw the NaturesGoodGuys beneficial nematodes Hb+Sc+Sf 5 million Nematodes I decided to give them a try. I have never used nematodes before so this is what I did and I don't guarantee what I did is correct. You get the small packet of nematodes packed along with a bag of melted water (not sure but it is a liquid). That was put there to help keep it cool. The instructions say it is normal for it to be melted when you get it. But upon receipt I put it into the refrigerator (their instructions). I think the next day I filled a 2 L watering can about 4/5 full of water and put in the contents of the packet of nematodes. It just looks like brown powder. I then used my watering can and applied some to the top of the dirt in each growing bag. I was not sure how much to use so I started being conservative and when I had added it to all the growing bags I went back and tried to give more equally to all the bags. The instructions say to keep the "dirt" moist but I didn't change my watering habits from the schedule I was following before adding the nematodes. I have two pictures attached to this review. The first is labeled "Before" which is a fly catching strip that had been hanging for about 2 weeks BEFORE I used the nematodes. The second picture is labeled "After" and this picture was taken exactly 16 days AFTER I applied the nematodes. I think you can see there are still some fly's but there are way fewer then there were before. This is noticeable by just standing around the plants. I don't think I noticed much of a difference for about a week and then it seemed like the number of fly's was going down. It is unfortunate but bugs get into your home no matter how hard you try. I wanted to do something to get rid of them without using any chemicals. So far I call this experiment successful. If you have a bug issue (different solutions for different bugs) then you should consider NaturesGoodGuys beneficial nematodes Hb+Sc+Sf. It will be interesting to see if the fly population will continue to go down of the coming weeks. If I have something relevant to add I will update this review in the future.

I have bought this for a couple of years and I'm really not sure how and if it helps my garden. I am buying mainly to protect my citrus from leafcutters and leaf miners. I dilute in a 5 gallon bucket and pour over four citrus and fruit trees in mid-spring. I know that I'm supposed to keep the ground moist, I have read the directions. Am I applying at the wrong time of year? Should I make a second application at the height of summer? I can't get a straight answer online. And still I have issues with those pests come late summer. I just don't know what, if anything, I am doing wrong. I don't know how this product is helping... just thought I'd share my frustration because this is not cheap to purchase...

I found some peach borers flying around my almond trees and noticed some sap coming out of the trunk, so I used to this about a week later. I mixed the small packet into my pump sprayer. I first watered the tree and trunks then I sprayed the solution with the nematodes all over the trunk, soil, and branches. I think it worked because the sap dried up and I didn't noticed any new spots. I will use this again in the spring and summer of next year as a preventative. Recommended.

The item is living, I received my package sandwiched between to ice packs that had obviously melted and were boiling hot given I live in Arizona…pretty sure I wasted my money and their shipping costs aren’t cheap.