Nematode control of Narcissus bulb fly
clayton3120 clayton3120 (Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:16:38 PDT)

Most interesting ,Mark.
I have a patch of Narcissus pseudonarcissus here in Seattle, and the
Narcissus fly doesn't touch it either. I always assumed their is some
particular chemical make-up of the tissues that doesn't appeal. Some
Narcissus varieties are magnets for the fly, and others apparently have
some compound or composition to repel, or, at least not interest this pest.
Rick K

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Many of my fellow gardeners use neem oil on their snowdrops and narcissi.
They are all very happy with it.
I have zillions of Narcissus pseudonarcissus wild in my region,(Haute
Normandie) and never once had this pest. Most odd!
Kind regards,
Mark

Message du 06/04/13 23:05
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This writer says that Narcissus bulb fly can be controlled by nematodes:

http://ipmnet.umd.edu/landscape/lndscpalerts/… See page
5. The nematode is Steinernema feltiae. It’s available from Home Depot
(what isn’t?).
http://homedepot.com/p/t/… anyone tried this? Any opinions?
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