COOL SCIENCE PROJECT!!! Since they don't survive in -20*C Canadian winter, I decide to cultivate/farm them inside! 1 I just ordered the nematode for slug on Amazon today. 2 I will harvest a bunch of my local slugs. 3 I will find second hand aquarium/terrarium 4 I will make some diy bioreactors from Masson jars. Unlimited supply of beneficial nematodes: In a nutshell, I will feed the healthy snails in the aquarium: they will make compost during winter as well! I will take one snail and put it in the Masson jar with nematodes. Nematodes will feed and reproduce and multiply. I will time my outburst of nematode for late spring and fall of each year. I already have a cheap 20$ camera magnifier/microscope variable 10x-200x to inspect how it goes! I'm 46, but I'm sure I would have won the science fair at school back then!!! Maybe sharing my 'discovery' with my local gardening association, I will see.
@@monikap8585 Unfortunately, I think my nematode source was already expired/dead. My cheap microscope did see any moving things. I should invest in a proper compound microscope if I want to win any science fair with my project! Yesterday night, I've pickup some snail and slug in my garden. I mix them with soil and leaves and put some of my expired leftover 'NemaKnights biological slug control 200g bottle from Amazon'. I still don't have the compound microscope to properly inspect/observe, but I doubt it will work since it's expired.
@@barbara6204 It should have worked... Unfortunately the nematode batch I've got was not viable and I realise it too late. The fkn amazon return period was closed. I now use Ferric phosphate (Sloggo) to kill the slugs in my garden. If you do it, please find a better microscope. I had a cheap 20$ digital microscope. I now have a SWIFT380 and I can see properly the colorless nematode.
Hello my name is Jacob, I make living soils ones that you never have to amend or do anything but water. If you use my soil, beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi along with a bunch of other microorganisms. Turn your plants toxic to pests, there's a living soil food web. When you have all the pieces to the puzzle your plant grows on its own without any assistance except water. You can also add two cups of brown sugar to 5 gallons of water and give the bacteria a little sugar. It makes them go into hyperdrive I guess you could say. If you're interested I can tell you how to make it for free. It won't be as good as mine, but it's regenerative.most of all you can make it from stuff in your local wooded area. For free just your labor and love. As long as you feed the microbes and you leave your roots in the soil it will be regenerative and get better every year. If you're interested reach out, thanks for your time beautiful garden by the way 😁
To ensure there are plenty of nematodes in the soup could you not purchase one packet of proprietary Nemaslug and inoculate a number of buckets …. One for everyone on the allotments…. and this would ensure success ?
Thank you very much, you can buy these nematodes, if you can buy it you can make it, paying for stuff is the easy way out these days and definitely not the best.
Funny that some feel that they managed to do this wrong or that no nematodes were produced. When firstly, if the slugs in the bucket are dead at the end. That is already a success. And secondly, topping up the bucket with water and spreading out the soup will also return all the nutrients back into your garden without burning your plants due to the dilution. Meaning, even if there are no nematodes produced, you will still be fertilising your garden. Techniques involving anaerobic digestion, like this, to produce a liquid fertiliser are used in many countries and although they can be smelly, they are absolutely valid. So ultimately there is no real downside to trying this out. However, I would avoid pouring out the mix near food crops you intend to harvest and eat soon.
My slugs died within only a few days... Not sure what I did wrong... Water, some lettuce leaves and air holes. It was a small 5 liter bucket... Any suggestions?
Maybe the temperature was too hot ? If you don’t succeed try again- keep trying and don’t give up- if you want to be an expert something then you need to fail at every possible scenario and learn by the mistakes you made- so failing your first attempt is a good start toward you becoming an expert.
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COOL SCIENCE PROJECT!!!
Since they don't survive in -20*C Canadian winter, I decide to cultivate/farm them inside!
1 I just ordered the nematode for slug on Amazon today.
2 I will harvest a bunch of my local slugs.
3 I will find second hand aquarium/terrarium
4 I will make some diy bioreactors from Masson jars.
Unlimited supply of beneficial nematodes:
In a nutshell, I will feed the healthy snails in the aquarium: they will make compost during winter as well!
I will take one snail and put it in the Masson jar with nematodes.
Nematodes will feed and reproduce and multiply.
I will time my outburst of nematode for late spring and fall of each year.
I already have a cheap 20$ camera magnifier/microscope variable 10x-200x to inspect how it goes!
I'm 46, but I'm sure I would have won the science fair at school back then!!!
Maybe sharing my 'discovery' with my local gardening association, I will see.
Did you have succes with your method? thank you
@@monikap8585 Unfortunately, I think my nematode source was already expired/dead.
My cheap microscope did see any moving things. I should invest in a proper compound microscope if I want to win any science fair with my project!
Yesterday night, I've pickup some snail and slug in my garden. I mix them with soil and leaves and put some of my expired leftover 'NemaKnights biological slug control 200g bottle from Amazon'.
I still don't have the compound microscope to properly inspect/observe, but I doubt it will work since it's expired.
And did it work?
@@barbara6204 It should have worked... Unfortunately the nematode batch I've got was not viable and I realise it too late. The fkn amazon return period was closed.
I now use Ferric phosphate (Sloggo) to kill the slugs in my garden.
If you do it, please find a better microscope. I had a cheap 20$ digital microscope. I now have a SWIFT380 and I can see properly the colorless nematode.
Very interesting as I have a huge problem with the slugs. One question: how do you know if are there nematodes in that soup?
♡ had no idea what was nimatodes
congratulations on a great helpful video
Hello my name is Jacob, I make living soils ones that you never have to amend or do anything but water. If you use my soil, beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi along with a bunch of other microorganisms. Turn your plants toxic to pests, there's a living soil food web. When you have all the pieces to the puzzle your plant grows on its own without any assistance except water. You can also add two cups of brown sugar to 5 gallons of water and give the bacteria a little sugar. It makes them go into hyperdrive I guess you could say. If you're interested I can tell you how to make it for free. It won't be as good as mine, but it's regenerative.most of all you can make it from stuff in your local wooded area. For free just your labor and love. As long as you feed the microbes and you leave your roots in the soil it will be regenerative and get better every year. If you're interested reach out, thanks for your time beautiful garden by the way 😁
Very timely…TY
This is amazing! Thank you!
Great advice. Thank you.
To ensure there are plenty of nematodes in the soup could you not purchase one packet of proprietary Nemaslug and inoculate a number of buckets …. One for everyone on the allotments…. and this would ensure success ?
Thanks I will give it a try!
Thank you very much, you can buy these nematodes, if you can buy it you can make it, paying for stuff is the easy way out these days and definitely not the best.
Will this liquid cause a nematode root problem? I've heard someone talk about this on line. Would they be the same kind of neamtodes?
Funny that some feel that they managed to do this wrong or that no nematodes were produced.
When firstly, if the slugs in the bucket are dead at the end. That is already a success.
And secondly, topping up the bucket with water and spreading out the soup will also return all the nutrients back into your garden without burning your plants due to the dilution.
Meaning, even if there are no nematodes produced, you will still be fertilising your garden.
Techniques involving anaerobic digestion, like this, to produce a liquid fertiliser are used in many countries and although they can be smelly, they are absolutely valid. So ultimately there is no real downside to trying this out.
However, I would avoid pouring out the mix near food crops you intend to harvest and eat soon.
Anyone had success with this?
My slugs died within only a few days... Not sure what I did wrong...
Water, some lettuce leaves and air holes. It was a small 5 liter bucket...
Any suggestions?
Maybe the temperature was too hot ? If you don’t succeed try again- keep trying and don’t give up- if you want to be an expert something then you need to fail at every possible scenario and learn by the mistakes you made- so failing your first attempt is a good start toward you becoming an expert.
Hello, sir. Our team has developed a treatment method for pine wood nematodes and we hope to communicate with you about it.