start over? (pest issue)

[Wav3F0rm]

I had a horrible run in with phylloxera(generally mistaken as root aphids). It seemed to be in the compost i had gotten from a nursery. cleared everything out, treated moms and i don't see any white little guys moving around anywhere, but, then my compost/soil bin got attacked by fungus gnats. treated bin with nematodes and hypoapsis miles and covered bin with felt. So, they have been working away at the bin for a week and i know i could just cook the bin but that would defeat the purpose of the organic matter in there.

After thinking about it, it sucks that months of decomposing material would have to be thrown out, but, i have no real way of knowing if there are any phylloxera eggs in there somewhere(fungus gnats are easy to deal with).

so, new bin/soil or do you guys think i'd be ok??

 

[big_daddy]

I had a horrible run in with phylloxera(generally mistaken as root aphids). It seemed to be in the compost i had gotten from a nursery. cleared everything out, treated moms and i don't see any white little guys moving around anywhere, but, then my compost/soil bin got attacked by fungus gnats. treated bin with nematodes and hypoapsis miles and covered bin with felt. So, they have been working away at the bin for a week and i know i could just cook the bin but that would defeat the purpose of the organic matter in there.

After thinking about it, it sucks that months of decomposing material would have to be thrown out, but, i have no real way of knowing if there are any phylloxera eggs in there somewhere(fungus gnats are easy to deal with).

so, new bin/soil or do you guys think i'd be ok??

Before you throw out your soil, you might try to source some neem cake/seed meal and top dress your soil with it or mix it into your soil. Neem works on a host of different pests and is also a good organic fertilizer.

I routinely use it as one of my organic fertilizer inputs for its ability to systemically protect the plant from fungal pathogens as well as deter root borne pests.

You can also bubble out a neem botanical tea with it and water into your soil, or foliar apply it during flowering for mites.

HTH

b_d

 

[Wav3F0rm]

Before you throw out your soil, you might try to source some neem cake/seed meal and top dress your soil with it or mix it into your soil. Neem works on a host of different pests and is also a good organic fertilizer.

I routinely use it as one of my organic fertilizer inputs for its ability to systemically protect the plant from fungal pathogens as well as deter root borne pests.

You can also bubble out a neem botanical tea with it and water into your soil, or foliar apply it during flowering for mites.

HTH

b_d

thanks for the info on the neem cake. Also, that gave me an idea, i hadn't thought about making a tea out of the compost i've made, that might be an idea also.