Nematodes in strawberries. What to do?

Settled nematodes on strawberries can be noticed only when the plant begins to mutate. At the Bush, affected by parasites, curled, wrinkled leaves and pale yellow or brown spots, large petioles. They can also attack the roots of plants.

Nematodes are small round worms. Because of their microscopic size (the length of the adult worm is not more than 2 mm) parasites almost always go unnoticed. The worms feed on the plant cells.

Strawberry infected with nematodes mainly through the recently acquired new seedlings. Therefore, buying on the market the young bushes of plants, don't hesitate to inspect each seedling for the presence of parasites. Newly acquired cuttings can be placed for some time in quarantine, if you doubt their healthy condition.

Nematodes on strawberries live in the plants. They develop using the same Bush. The cold worms are good experience, being in the dry leaves. If your site has a nematode on strawberries, do not rely on the harsh winter. Frosts these parasites are not terrible.

But effective ways of dealing with these worms yet. When the disease infected bushes are dug out and burned. Growers are advised to destroy plants within a radius of 1 meter from the affected culture.

Nematode on strawberries (photo attached) lives until the complete destruction of the Bush. In order to prevent some gardeners suggest before planting new plants to cultivate the land by steam. The fact that nematodes are afraid of high temperature.

In General, the entire prevention can be roughly reduced to two actions. First need to prevent parasites on your plot from external sources. To do this, as mentioned earlier, you should be very attentive to the newly purchased seedlings and put them on some time in quarantine.

Well, if it so happens that nematodes in strawberries finally settled down, or they previously attended, but the consequences of their actions become visible only now? The second preventive action should be aimed at preventing the spread of worms among other crops, strawberries in particular.

In specialized stores there are poisons for the destruction of nematodes. If you decide to use this method, be sure to be aware of the fact that the action of the poison is temporary. Poisons can't kill worms postpone eggs. Over time, the larvae hatch and the process continues.
With the defeat of the roots by the nematodes, you can try to get rid of parasites using heat treatment. The infected plant is dug up. Then the roots free from the ground, the whole system is immersed in a container of water (water temperature about 55 degrees). But again, the worms ' eggs are quite resistant to this process. To destroy the plant in warm water must be kept more than 20 minutes, and that there is no absolute guarantee that all larvae will die. 

Some gardeners claim that nematodes in strawberries I'm afraid marigold and calendula. Prolonged treatment of the cultures with tincture prepared from these plants, dissolved in water, from worms can be gotten rid of. The process should be conducted 2 times a day for 3 weeks.