[Elizabeth]

I checked where I had more sad looking plants and it looks like I have at least 2 more infected beds. I ran out of shovels so didn't check further.

Does anyone know what kind of sanitation measures I should use to keep from spreading it to clean beds? I want to clean my shovels and cages. I'm even worried about the gloves I was wearing! (LOL) I have never encountered these before, and I'm kinda at sea here.

I did some more research and it looks like chitin (pulverized shellfish shells) is a suggested way to go. From what I can find It can take the better part of a year to reduce the population, and you have to add quite a bit (1%) to the soil, but it's supposed to help by giving chitin eating bacteria a helping hand so they have a population boom. When they run out of the chitin you have added they go looking for more, and it just so happens nematode egg shells contain chitin. Has anyone used this with good results?

While I'm asking questions, has anyone ever used those cloth pots to grow tomatoes? I have to come up with something soon to get my fall plants in, but fingers crossed I won't need a permanent solution, just one to last a couple of years. Then I guess it's strict crop rotation for me from here on out. Sigh....

Here is a close up of the roots. Nasty little buggers.