Category Archives: IPM

Protect Evergreens Now, New Growth is Starting To Emerge!

Monitor for needlecast and blight diseases on older foliage where new foliage is emerging on PINE and SPRUCE.

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Welcoming The Victoria Day Long Weekend!

  What a treat! Several of our sugar maples are blooming this year all over southern Ontario, from Barrie to Niagara, these native beauties are gracing our landscapes with blooms.  Its been 5 years since sugar maples were blooming like this. The cooler weather continues!  Climatologists are predicting that our daytime temperatures will stay moderate until about the […]

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Keep Protecting Susceptible Malus, Pyrus etc.

Fireblight (apple, pear, see above) and Apple Scab (apple) diseases are normally reproducing and spreading this time of year.  This week we are more concerned about Apple Scab.  The cool weather has really reduced the activity of fireblight bacteria and so the risk of fireblight is looking low again this week.    

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Those Darling Buds of May- 2018

        Lots of early Plant Phenology indicators are blooming this week!  That puts us somewhere around 15-25 GDD’s Base 10C in the GTA.  A little more in the southwest (London and west). Plant Phenology indicators this week … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Dormant Oil For IPM

 We’ve got milder temperatures starting today and yes, it’s still a good time to get some late dormant oil applications on in many areas of southern Ontario (Photo: overwintering nymphs of magnolia scale). As long as there is no sensitive vegetative or flower tissue emerging, you can still make dormant rate, horticultural oil applications for […]

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April Snowstorms Bring May Flowers

There may still be snow in the bush but at long last, its been warm enough to support bloom on several early flowering plants.  It looks like the warming trend will continue, according to the 7 day weather forecasts.  After … Continue reading →

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But Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Fireblight (apple, pear, see above) and Apple Scab (apple) diseases are normally reproducing and spreading this time of year.  This week we are more concerned about Apple Scab.  The cool weather has really reduced the activity of fireblight bacteria and so the risk of fireblight is looking low again this week.    

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Don’t Kiss All Your Ash Goodbye Just Yet – Part II

In 2016, approximately 4,688 hectares of ash trees were found to be in decline or mortality due to Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis, EAB) in the province of Ontario. That’s down from just over 41,000 ha in 2015. This data … Continue reading →

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A Few Opportunities for IPM

 Bright, orange-red lesions of Pear Trellis rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae) are still quite visible on ornamental pear trees right now. Take a look at the undersides of those rust lesions to find sporulating structures, called “aecia” (pronounced “ay-see-a”).  These stringy, trellis-like … Continue reading →

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IPM This Week August 17/17

Magnolia Scale has had another great year in the Ontario landscape. This means tons of honeydew, ants, wasps and other nuisance insects that plague our beloved magnolia trees. 

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