NaturesGoodGuys Beneficial Nematodes Triple Blend Pack HB+SC+SF - General Biological Pest Control (50 Million)

Hard to tell, but I’m fairly certain these did help my garden. I had less damage from soil borne pests such as a vine borders, cucumber beetles, and squash bugs. Although they were still there, the numbers were significantly reduced. Prolonging produce season!

*** after 3 emails & asking for a phone call I did get a replacement over nighted to me. I was so busy I forgot to update my review. I also just got my spring order a couple weeks ago, not fond of the envelope & prefer the box. But the microscope don't lie and they were very much alive! Well... I hate to do this, but... I am so mad right now! I have ordered from this company for almost 5 years and have ALWAYS had excellent outcome!! Packaging was Horrible!! A bubble wrap envelope with ONE hot icepack! Normally they come in a Styrofoam container with multiple ice packs. I tested under the microscope immediately and had NO MOVEMENT!! I emailed immediately and got the response " they are very yardy and the icepack is for moisture" Hmm... Okay, then why does it say refrigerate immediately and to keep below 45 degrees until your getting ready to use them??? Response also said they would smell like rotton meat if bad, maybe they werent "rotten" yet, Just dead. Either way I've emailed again and still waiting on a response. Last year they shipped them on a Thursday and I got them the following Wednesday, obviously they were bad. They replaced them with NO PROBLEM!! Im not sure if theres a new manager or they've just given up on running a reputable business but i am livid at this point. We get crane flys really bad, this is why I order twice a year. So guess what... The flys have done tore up my yard because the nematodes arent working like they usually do. I even put them in a container with multiple grubs (as I do with EVERY batch) any other time the grubs are dead or at least soft and dying with in 24 hours. NOPE NOT THIS TIME!!! they're all still nice and plump digging around. Guess ill be searching for a new company and chalking this up as a loss unless they man up and send me new ones with peoper packaging. "IF" I get them and they're alive I will Most definitely Update this review. I understand the pandemic is making it hard on all business's and keeping enough employees around to properly ship products. But uf you cant do it right, just shut down for a while.

I followed the instructions EXACTLY. I received the product. I immediately put the product in the refrigerator. We waited until we had several rainy days forecast, then applied using a new sprayer following directions exactly (waited a few minutes time they advised before spraying, and sprayed it WELL within the suggested 6 hour limit). This was all done WELL within the time frame the seller suggested, only a week after receiving product. We made sure the ground was watered regularly. We applied generously. We did the suggested repeat application a few weeks later. BUT THAT WAS NOT ALL WE DID. You see, as a gardener who doesn't use pesticides, I was so excited to think this product was going to naturally help control pest bugs that I ordered MORE. I wanted a great garden this year and based on the rave reviews I reordered a bigger size. Despite the ludicrous shipping, both times the cold pack was not cold when we received it BUT they said this is no problem if the item doesn't smell (it did NOT). I put the item in fridge immediately as both times I was home when it was delivered (I work from home). SO I did MORE applications a few weeks apart, exactly per instructions. AND DID I MENTION I FOLLOWED ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY AS PER THE DIRECTIONS? Because that's just how I roll. I was careful and wanted it to work. I EVEN ASKED MY NEIGHBOR WHO HAS A GARDEN IF I COULD "SHARE" MY OVERPRICED NEMATODES WITH HER, AND SHE KINDLY LET ME SPRAY HER GARDEN - BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HER BUGS HATCHING AND COMING OVER TO MY *FANCY SCHMANCY NEMATODE PROTECTED PEST-FREE GARDEN* You see, I was going all in. I was in it to win it and going ALL THE WAY, doing everything this product directions said to do AND spraying my neighbor's garden too! So, after all that... here were the results (the below bugs were all bugs this product stated it controlled): Today I had to put row covers on all cucurbits because the squash vine borer was back darn her, I found eggs on stems & leaves and had to pick 'em off. I've been going out many times a day all week catching Japanese beetles by the dozen and feeding them to my ducks. The cabbage butterfly caterpillars were back so I had to bust out the neem oil (which I wanted to avoid). The red beetle things were back eating lilies (not that I care about lilies, we don't eat them). Caterpillars everywhere devouring my apple and pear trees and rose bushes. We have aphids but BLESS MY ARMY OF PAPER WASPS, LADYBUGS AND PARASITOID WASPS, they always control aphids for me, our aphids never get out of control or cause any real plant damage. Oh and the garden roaches? Plenty of 'em. Now I have to buy MORE expensive row cover and hoops to cover my pumpkin and watermelon because you can be SURE the borers will go after those if they can't get my covered squash and zucchini. This product was a HUGE WASTE OF MONEY AND EFFORT. My garden is no better off than usual, and I am an AVID gardener who spends lots of time in my garden and we have lots of good bugs, birds, etc. The bugs that I was concerned with stopping were listed on this product as working. If you have an aphid problem, this won't help. I saw the same amount of aphids as always, but again, my beneficial bugs always get them. And the japanese beetles! I have to manually get them and I always win the war because me and my kids go out daily and catch them in jars and feed them to the ducks (we call the quack snacks) but I was hoping not to have to do that this year. So, in a nutshell, this product DID NOT WORK and I so, so wanted it to.

This just didn't work and I'm not sure why. I refrigerated the package immediately and applied them later that evening after soaking the lawn first. I used a thermometer to get the water temperature correct. I removed the filter from my pump sprayer. I shook the canister gently to stir it up and applied the entire canister to 2 4x8 beds, 14 pots, and the ground surrounding the beds. I watered everything afterwards as well. I watered everything every day after than until we got rain and then watered again when we didn't. 5 days ago I dug up both of the beds only to find a total of 81 worms still alive. I dug 6 feet today to see if things had changed and found 7 almost immediately. I have nowhere to plant my entire dahlia crop at this point. We never had issues until we got dirt for the new garden beds. I'm strongly considering nuking the beds and pots with systemic pest management spray like Ortho or something. I have no other choice-wireworms have a 5 year life span and eat almost all vegetables, fruit trees, and flowering shrubs and plants. I will be contacting the company to maybe try again or find another solution. Edit: The company is sending another batch and I'll try again. They say i probably have a severe infestation. They have been great to communicate with. Edit: It has taken some time for me to get back to this, but I still have wireworms in my dahlias at the end of October. I will be trying again in the Spring from this company. It is working, just slowly.

Beneficial nematodes is the most bad*** treatment for fleas I've ever used. This is the second time I've purchased Nature's Good Guys first time getting the special blend and have no doubts my pesky little problem (my dogs big problem) will be just a memory in a few more days. If you have fleas get some Beneficial nematodes I promise you won't have fleas no more