I'm sorry but I still have serious reservations on the effectiveness of using nematodes. First, the larvae are generally nowhere near the soil. The adult fly lays eggs deep into the bulb foliage, sometimes actually tunneling under the paper sheath of the bulb itself to deposit her eggs. They hatch and the maggots immediately start working their way into the bulb itself, where they remain over winter. It is not until they begin to pupate in early spring that they move into the soil and by then it is far too late for nematodes to be of any value. Beneficial nematodes need warm soil temperatures to regenerate and start feeding, usually around 50F. This generally does not occur in the Puget Sound area until late May, so the timing of this control may be off slightly as well as questions about its effectiveness. And at $20 something a pop for the nematodes, it is kind of an expensive proposition that may or may not have any benefit. Again, after more than 30 minutes of online research, I didn't turn up a single hit that posed nematodes as a control agent for this problem. FWIW, the flies are typically present in this area in late spring. Promptly removing the dried, spent foliage, especially of early blooming narcissus, should go a long way to control bulb fly damage.

i have lots of rooted brug cuttings, are you looking for any in particular? Carol

Some of you knew that I worked 24 hours on and 24 hours off taking care of an Elderly (OLDER than me) lady in her 90's. She is not doing too well and so they let two of us go. She's not expected to live much longer so it's probably a blessing in disguise. At my age and where we live there really are no jobs. Around here just having ANY job is considered a good job. Unless you are familiar with rural areas you probably can not relate to this. LOL I just have to put my faith in the good Lord that he will provide me with whatever I will need. Notice I didn't say with whatever "I Want". Karyn, you are OH SO VERY RIGHT. It is a perfect time to be off for awhile and work in the yard/fields and so forth. I have a bunch of trees that the wind blew down that need to be pushed up and burned and lots of little odds and end jobs on the place to tidy up. The only bad thing about that is that it will be much harder work, and NO PAY. LOL Well I guess the pay will be having it cleaned up and looking better. Now if these Thunder Storms would move out I could get back to planting my daffodils and so forth. Needless to say, that dumb hole (New Pond) in the front yard is full of water AGAIN. I'd love to be able to get the darn liner in it before NEXT WINTER. LOL We're suppose to have another round of storms at the end of the week. Go Figure. This is exactly what happened last year and it rained EVERYDAY for over 2 months here. I pray we're not in for a repeat of that. Didn't mean to write a book, but I always feel better when talking about plants and so forth. Happy Gardening Ya'll and please pray for me. Love Marian

Glad you were able to get a sunny day finially. It was sunny but very windy here today. Still I spent the day outside mulching and of course gakking at my flowers. Looks like you (and Whiskey and Bowie) have lots and lots of flowers in your yard in gawk at and they are all so pretty. I see lots of blue with the grape hyacinths and I think I see the regular blue hyacinths there too. Love your garden shots and love your pink daffs.