Unhomogenized or unpasteurized?

I had to watch again, unhomogenized. But yeah, I got that mixed up with pastuerizing in my head when posting. Pasteurizing is the bacterial removal process.

When I posted this afternoon, I had pasteurization mixed up with homogenization in my head. In the video segment, he mentions "preferably unhomogenized" and for some reason my brain thought, "more bacteria in the milk?" But that would have been if he had said "unpasteurized" (the process of removing pathogens from milk by using heat). Now that that error in thinking has been addressed, my comment about "so you have more bacteria I am guessing" is pretty much null and void (and I will edit it out). As for what the difference between using homogenized and unhomogenized makes now, I don't know. Perhaps the larger fat globules affects some other part of soil health? Like fungal growth?

(Never mind, I can't edit out the error, nor can I fix the link that broke due to posting from my phone. Here is the fixed link: Root Knot Nematode Drench)

Perhaps the larger fat globules affects some other part of soil health? Like fungal growth?

Ah, that could be. Thanks!

I have been lucky and haven't had any plants (that I'm aware of) that have been affected by RKN. But I have a growing interest in compost tea and worm casting tea. In one of the videos, someone made reference that the more teas you apply, the healthier the soil and the healthier the soil, the less likely for RKN. Not sure if that has any actual science behind it but I was going to try the teas for their other known benefits anyway

Personally I have given up doing anything to the soil to control these nematodes. Whatever I have done works for a while, but the nematodes come back. Any type of organic material discourages them, so worm castings and the soil drench described above should have some effect. However, I think the effects will be rather short-lived. Maybe if you have vegetables or something that you harvest in one season it will help a lot.

I try to plant perennials and there has only been a few things that have worked for me. First is to buy plants that aren't bothered by these nematodes. Most azaleas and camellias, for example, aren't bothered by them, nor are most trees. On the other hand roses and gardenias need to be grown on grafted rootstocks--although there are some roses (Louis Philippe sp?) that are resistant.

The second thing that works for me is to put the plants in pots, use potting soil or amended soil and then place the pots on some type of cement or concrete. The nematodes don't like concrete. If you put the pot on the ground eventually the nematodes will reach the roots.

The nematodes love sandy soils. Some people who live in areas with little sand aren't bothered by them as much, however, most of Florida sits on top of sand, so most of us need to be concerned with root knot nematodes.