Beneficial Nematodes For Soil Dwelling Insects and Larvae?

Cpappa27

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I was looking up natural ways of killing insect and bugs in the grow room and I came across this. Its a copy and paste off Amazon.com and I just wanted to see what everyones take was on this : New easy sprayable formula: Great for use with watering cans, hand, pressure, or injector sprayers. Great for indoor plants.
BENEFICIAL NEMATODES: These microscopic insects will seek out and destroy over 230 kinds of soil dwelling and wood boring insects, including cutworms, armyworms, rootworms, weevils, grubs, fungus gnat larvae, and many more. They are completely safe for people, pets, and the environment, and are compatible with other beneficial insects. USE: Beneficial Nematodes (BN) attack more than 230 kinds of soil dwelling and wood boring pests, such as flea larvae, white grubs, cutworms, corn root worms, strawberry weevils, gypsy moth larvae, cabbage root maggots, fungus gnat larvae, and many more. They may be used any time of year, as long as the ground is not frozen. Do not release in direct sunlight, as this will kill them. See directions for details. COVERAGE: The one million size treats 29 square feet, or over 140 six inch pots. GENERAL INFORMATION: Beneficial Nematodes (Steinernema feltiae) are microscopic in size and cannot be seen with the naked eye. The nematodes will hunt down, penetrate, and kill most soil dwelling pests. BN will attack over wintering adult insects, pupae, diapausing larvae, and grubs when they are in the soil, bark, or even ground litter. BN do not affect humans, animals, or plants. They are completely compatible with beneficial insects such as ladybugs, lacewings, and praying mantids and do not harm earthworms.
 
If it does what it says it may be a good preventative measure against many pests and their larvae, but not sure how good it will be against goo fungi in the soil that's needed for that mutual bond with roots and nutrient uptake
 
That's what Im thinking, it may be a great additive to a grow if it works this well with no side effects. I am thinking about buying some even though I have no problems with bugs, but hey prevention is the best cure.
 
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