Bug Sales Live Beneficial Nematodes Hb (500 Million_Nematodes_HB)

It's been especially wet this summer and with two dogs and a cat going outside, we were having a hard time controlling the fleas. I dislike using chemicals and use them sparingly as a last resort. The animals were already getting flea treatments, but my husband wanted to spray the yard as well. However, I garden organically and I dislike using any chemicals in the yard due to the fragile state of our pollinators. After some research, I decided to give beneficial nematodes a try. My husband was doubtful and I wasn't sure it would work, but it was worth trying. It's been almost 2 months now, and in the midst of a wet summer we are flea free. Great stuff.

I waited to give this review. We had ants, termites and fleas we needed to deal with. We got the Hb and the Sc verities. The Hb is listed as good for termite queens, ants, and adult fleas as well as many others. Hb stands for Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.I applied as soon as we received the nematodes and used them in a bit more concentrated then then was directed. The termites we had in an old tree and one wall haven't been seen since. The cat didn't have any fleas to speak of for ages despite this being a major flea area.The ants have been our major pest. Since we moved here we had been feeding them borax and sugar or Aspartame. Despite continually poisoning them they just kept coming. Found out we have Argentine Ants that have multiple queens making it next to impossible to wipe them out. Long story short the ants disappeared for months. Not a single ant for months. We couldn't believe it hardly. Talked to the neighbors who all have ants and have been poisoning and or trapping them with no end of the battle in sight. They all wanted to know about the beneficial nematodes. At least two neighbors are planning on getting some after hearing about us not having them for almost a full year.We applied it in the middle of May and only now next January are we finally seeing ants again. We will be buying more in a month or two as the weather gets a bit warmer. Worked incredibly well.UPDATE 2018: Still loving these things. I have been getting more every 1 to 1 1/2 years and have always had them arrive alive and healthy judging by how quickly the bugs disappear. I really recommend these if your having issues with the pests these are listed as attacking.

For the past three years prior to 2019, my back yard was progressively dying and reached about 40% dead last Spring despite yearly applying the well known eponymous grub control product at the appropriate time and application rate . My order of 50 million HB from Bug Sales came within a few days and then were refrigerated overnight to wait for the anticipated rain which was during the second week of September 2018. Application was easily done by mixing the packet into a gallon of water, stirring well before each quart sample was poured into my hose sprayer applicator . Each quart was hosed onto about 2,500 square feet. It was applied just before sundown during a fine misty rain with a dark overcast sky. As I finished spraying, the rain came down in earnest for a couple hours and continued on/off raining for three days thereafter . Perfect conditions .For the remainder of Sept., Oct., Nov., I could not detect any improvement in grass recovery . Then at the end of Sept. for the first time I switched away from THE big brand chemical salt based fertilizer to a slow nitrogen release organic fertilizer which contained beneficial mycorrhizia and a low % of potassium ( no phosphorous ).This Spring my grasses' dormancy end was about 10 days slower than my neighbors - all of whom use chemical salt based fertilizers or a lawn service product which directly feeds the grass but does not encourage a healthy root system. Three weeks out of dormancy, and I could see those formerly dead areas pushing up grass ! Then, I applied the same organic fertilizer just before a rain and now I can report that the whole lawn is now dark green, getting thicker and some of the bare spots have new rhizomes popping up . Sure, the nitrogen in the fertilizer did green up the grass that was growing but the mycorrhyzia were re-establishing healthier roots and thus taking a little more time, but none of this would have happened without the nematodes preventing the usual grub invasion which made it possible for a healthier grass root system to be re-established . Great product !

This Nematode product works really well. You just need to wet the soil well first and after spraying it where ever you are applying it. However, since I don't know all the bugs, Green June Beetles, Japanese Beetles, larvae, etc., that I may have in my garden, the next time I buy from this company I will make sure I get the combo pack of SF and Hb Nematodes for roughly $45 dollars or so to kill all the bugs/worms/larvae with each application. I bought the SF first, then realized I needed to buy the Hb also.

These things actually work! I live right next to a huge wildlife preserve and next to a creek. The last few years the fleas and ticks were unbearable, even my state released an infestation warning. I have used this twice now on my yard for my husky and along with his soresto collar I very rarely find fleas on him anymore. I haven't seen a tick since I started using these. I will continually use these and I am a firm believe that they work ! Trust me for the 45$ it's worth a shot, one trip to the vet for some nasty tick bite or flea related issues will easily cost more than that.

Seems to be working. The grass is beginning to grow back in the portion of my yard that was previously mostly bare dirt. As an added bonus, my dogs have quit digging up the yard, too. I think they were after the beetle grubs that were in the ground. So far, I've not seen any problem with fleas, but it's too early in the season to know if the nematodes have helped with that.

One day I went out in the garden and was literally attacked by fleas. It was almost like a horror movie! I got some of these nematodes and a week later - not a single flea in the yard that I could tell. I am assuming it was the nematodes that did it since that is the only treatment I used. Very happy with this purchase.