Feb 17, 2025
Pest expert Matthew Gates is back, and this time you're in for a
doozy! The boys start the show by discussing a recent infestation
in Jordan's garden, of a pest that is seemingly less common in
indoor spaces: leaf miner type insect pests. Often confused with
thrips damage, these particular pests need to be approached with a
totally different strategy, and Jordan shares his non scientific
trial of spraying down his plants with an abundant solution of
living nematodes. The conversation turns to powdery mildew- which
is one of the oldest, most ancient, fast spreading, and adaptable
plant pests on planet Earth. Not only do these intelligent species
of fungi adapt their genes to resist your attacks as a farmer, but
they can mutate and adapt in as little as a few weeks. Also, the
fact that PM relies on similar pathways as beneficial fungis like
myco, may point to a hint that PM was once a beneficial, who has
since gone rogue and turned to the dark side. If it's true, as many
mycologists theorize, that fungi can survive space travel, and may
have been some of the first life to land on this planet via
asteroid, then this enemy your dealing with is a truly ancient, and
highly intelligent one.
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