What you will see
Rust-brown scars and tunnels in the roots; slender creamy-yellow larvae up to 9 mm inside.
When to look
How to protect
- Prevention
- Sow thinly so you do not have to thin; thinning out seedlings attracts females with the scent.
- Cover crops with fine mesh and rotate crops; full cover is more effective than a barrier.
- Biological spring and summer, when larvae hatchA mixture of pathogenic nematodes watered into the soil against young larvae (Steinernema feltiae in spring, S. carpocapsae in summer).





















