nematoads

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  1. may

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    someone told me that nemotoads are the thing to get to stop the slugs on my hostas , i want to be prepared for the spring, so can i water them into my pots of hostas now before the leaves come through and will it kill the eggs in the soil?
     
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    Yes and no. You wont kill off all the snails / slugs with nematodes but they will over time attack quite a few. Try a combo of nematodes and other prevention measures (just do a search, there's loads of threads!). Would have thought that the eggs wouldn't be killed but the hatchling (?!) would be.
     
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    ok thanks for the links and info ::)
     
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