Nemasys® Grow your Own - With seed sales soaring, growing your own fruit and vegetables is becoming more and more popular. It is great for children to have a go, so they know where their food comes from PLUS home grown fruit and veg tastes so much better. Nemasys® Grow your Own  means you can keep your produce free from pests WITHOUT using chemicals.

Apply Nemasys® Grow your Own NOW to control caterpillars - Home grown fruit and vegetables not only taste better, but because they are grown organically, you know there are no nasty chemicals on your family’s food. Its great for children to grow and then eat their own fruit and veg. Carrots? yummy. Growing your own fruit and vegetables means less trips to the shops, you can grow crops out of season and save money too!

Nemasys® Grow your Own - This unique mix of different nematodes will protect your fruit and vegeatables from the main insect pests including carrot root fly, cabbage root fly, leatherjackets, cutworms, onion fly, sciarid fly, caterpillars, gooseberry sawfly, thrips, and codling moth. Apply Nemasys® Grow your Own to the soil with a watering can or hose end feeder to control soil based insect pests. Apply with a sprayer to control caterpillars and thrip. Apply Nemasys® Grow your Own NOW and continue to apply while the pests are active.

How often should I apply? Apply every 14 days to ensure good control. We supply 2 packs for £9.99 i.e. 2 applications giving 1 months control for £9.99

What area does it treat? Each pack treats up to 60sqm/70sq yds. To treat a smaller area just make the solution stronger as it is impossible to overdose and can only do good.

How is it sent? - Nemasys® Grow Your Own is supplied as a powder in a sealed tray. As it is a perishable, living product, it is sent out fresh by Royal Mail 1st class post. 1 or 2 packs will go through your letterbox and should be popped in the fridge as soon as possible - they are fine on the doormat while you are at work. 

How to apply? - Simply mix the harmless powder with water and apply to the soil using a watering can or hose end feeder. Use the whole pack before the expiry date ,which is marked on the inside of the pack and will be at least a couple of weeks. Apply Nemasys® Grow your Own to the soil in the spring and early summer with a watering can or hose end feeder to control soil based insect pests. Apply in the autumn with a sprayer to controlling caterpillars and thrip.

Nemasys® Grow your Own - We supply 2 packs for £9.99 i.e. 2 applications at 14 day intervals giving 1 months control for £9.99.

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Nemasys® Grow Your Own - Here is more detailed information on the most common insect pests, which will attack your fruit and vegetables and when to apply Nemasys® Grow your Own  :-

Carrot Root Fly - a serious and widespread pest of carrots, parsnips, celery, celeriac and parsley causing tunnels in the vegetables. Carrot Root Fly is particularly bad in old established gardens where the pest builds up each year. It lays its eggs in the soil adjacent to the plant, the eggs hatch out and the 9mm yellow/white maggots burrow into the roots. The maggots stay in the ground over winter, pupate and the life cycle starts again in the spring. Two further generations can appear during the year.

Cabbage Root Fly - a pest of all brassicas (cabbages, cauliflowers, etc) and root vegetables (turnip, swede and radishes). The fly lays its eggs in the soil near the plants and when the eggs hatch the maggots feed on the plant roots (pictured right). Older plants may well survive an attack, but grow slowly and wilt on sunny days. Cabbages often fail to heart and cauliflowers form a tiny head. Brassicas are particularly vulnerable as seedlings, as they can be easily be killed by the maggots. The maggots eat the fine roots and just leave a rotting stump, or when roots are swollen as in radish, swede and turnip, they will bore into the roots leaving an inedible mess.

Onion Fly - attacks onions, leeks, shallots and garlic. The maggots of the onion fly are white and are laid near the base of the plant or in the leaves. In early summer the maggots attack the roots of the young plants making them collapse and die. In late summer the second generation feed on the swelling onion bulbs causing them to rot. The severity of attacks varies from year to year but, in a bad year, it is almost impossible to grow these crops.

Caterpillars - occur from spring to early autumn. Caterpillars can decimate a vegetable plot, especially brassicas or ornamental beds. The caterpillars feed on the outer leaves leaving holes and sometimes completely stripping leaves. Treat as soon as the caterpillars are first seen making sure the spray comes into contact with the caterpillars. Repeat as necessary. Apply NOW.

Leatherjackets - are the larval stage of the crane fly or daddy-long-legs. Leatherjacket larvae are about 2.5cm (1" long), greyish black in colour, legless and with no distinct head. When you start to see the adult daddy-long-legs in your garden (towards the end of August) you will know that in a few days they will be laying eggs. These will hatch quickly, within two weeks. The young start to feed, continuing throughout winter, ready to gorge on roots in the spring. Apply when pest is present in the vegetable patch and repeat application to control the pest. Apply NOW.

Gooseberry Sawfly - is a pest that attacks gooseberries and red and white currants and can strip them of all leaves. Gooseberry Sawfly Caterpillars are up to 20mm long, pale green and with two of the species being heavily marked with black spots. Damage starts mid to late spring, but there can be several generations in a season. Apply as soon as the caterpillars are first seen applying to all leaf surfaces, making sure the spray comes into contact with the caterpillars. Repeat as necessary.

Nemasys® Grow your Own Spring Programme - Planned programme of 3 deliveries (2 packs each time) at 4 week intervals - £26.97 saving £3.00. Removed for 2010 - Available again in April 2011.

Nemasys® Grow your Own Autumn Programme - Planned programme of 2 deliveries (2 packs each time) at 4 week intervals - £17.98 saving £2.00. Removed for 2010 - Available again in August 2011.