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Author Archives: Jen Llewellyn
Fall Fertility – What a great opportunity!
Leaf drop and fall colour is visible on some trees and shrubs in the landscape. This is especially true of woody plants on roadsides, high sandy knolls or compacted sites. In some cases where individual specimens are entering senescence earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Arboriculture, landscape, Nursery Production, Plant Nutrition
Tagged fall fertilizing trees, Jen Llewellyn
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Get Ready for Fall Scale Management
Many horticultural professionals are ramping up for fall applications of horticultural oil. The full rate of horticultural oil is excellent for smothering juvenile stages of insects this time of year.
Posted in Arboriculture, Insects, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged beech scale, Jen Llewellyn, magnolia scale
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Are you seeing branch dieback on Honeylocust?
Have you noticed branches dying on Honeylocust this summer? We’ve had reports of branch dieback on urban street trees in the Hamilton and London areas last month.
Posted in Weather
Tagged honeylocust, honeylocust branch dieback, honeylocust winter injury, Jen Llewellyn
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August 10, the Monday Report
Magnolia Scale is just NASTY this year. CRAWLERS have hatched but are still hiding underneath the female scales. Pick off scales to reveal dark grey eggs and crawlers (eggs with legs) underneath. The crawlers will hatch and gradually emerge out from … Continue reading
The Friday Report – July 17/15
Environment Canada is calling for ridiculously hot and humid weather this weekend and well into next week. The UV index is very high so please take care out there are wear sunscreen, a hat and drink lots of fluids.
Posted in Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged arboriculture, fall webworm, IPM, Jen Llewellyn, landscape plants, nursery crops
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Oak Leaves are Dropping…..
So I’ve been getting some calls about leaves turning yellow and dropping from mature oak trees in the landscape. There are quite a few things that can cause established deciduous trees to undergo premature leaf drop.
July 3, The Friday Report
What a gorgeous week to be living in ONtario! If can you, get outside this weekend and participate in one of the many butterfly/dragonfly/bioblitz counts going on. A full list of events can be found at Ontario Nature. Plant Phenology … Continue reading
The Thursday Report
It’s usually somewhere around this time of early summer that we have a chance to take a breath. Its been another intense, extreme weathered spring and YOU deserve some time off for good behavior. For me, that’s spending time in … Continue reading
Posted in IPM, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged ipm in the nursery, jason deveau, Jen Llewellyn
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Upcoming IPM Educational Events
Arboriculture and Landscape Professionals: ISA Ontario Workshop: “IPM in the Woody Landscape”. 1) Thursday, July 2 at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Educational Opportunities
Tagged christoph kessel, isa ontario workshop, Jen Llewellyn, sean fox
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Helping the Bobolink and Meadowlark
Some of you have been asking how you can delay your hay cutting to help ensure successful breeding of grass land birds. Open pastures and hay fields provide important habitat for two grassland bird species: bobolinks (left) and eastern meadowlarks … Continue reading
