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The analysis of pathogens in my soil has not detected any pathogens. The soil is perfect, but even so, this year I lost the 3 plants due to a rot in a knot near the pumpkin, and I had to cut the 3 plants behind the pumpkin. What was the problem? I had my doubts, but Stewie assured me. It was the mulch fly, or substrate fly. I had quite a few this year, and when I reacted it was late. These flies lay their eggs in very wet soil, I bury the knots with wet substrate, and the flies lay the eggs there. The larvae bite the roots, and when biting them, they transmit diseases. They bit the top root of the nodes. In 2024, with beneficial nematodes, and irrigation with biological insecticide based on beuveria bassiana, and bacillus turgensis I hope I don’t have any fucking fly from the substrate. :)) I also think it is a very good idea to protect the roots when burying the nodes, use in addition to mycos and azos, the bassiana beuveria, it may be a good idea, but I must make sure that it is not incompatible with the mycos.
 



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