Category Archives: IPM

Crop Protection Guide for Nursery & Landscape – 2016 version

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub840/p840order.htm For detailed management and biology for common pests of woody plants, check out the new 2016 edition of OMAFRA publication 840. It is just being edited for pdf online. In the meantime, you can email our OMAFRA Contact Centre and request … Continue reading →

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Going To Be Cool For a While Still

  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 … Continue reading →

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Cool Weather, Warm Hearts

                           This cooler weather has been a nice break, slowing down plant development and reducing heat and desiccation stress on newly planted or harvested nursery stock.  We inched up … Continue reading →

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Spring is Spring-ging

Lots of new Plant Phenology indicators are starting to bloom this week!  That puts us somewhere between 20 and 35 GDD’s Base 10C in the GTA.  A little more in the southwest and a little less above Hwy 9.

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Dormant Oil, Still A Great IPM Tool

 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 … Continue reading →

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REMOVE & DESTROY Cankered-Looking Deadwood

                                                   While woody plants are still dormant and bark is very visible, its a great time … Continue reading →

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Is it Needlecast Disease….or something else?

We’ve seen a fair amount of dieback on spruce trees in the nursery and landscape over the last few years.  It all seemed to start back in the fall of 2013, just after that wicked hot summer where some areas … Continue reading →

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A Few Early Season Pests

Now is a great time to scout for overwintering pests in the landscape and nursery.  There is still an opportunity to apply cultural management methods to reduce pest incidence on woody plants. For those of you in areas where bagworm … Continue reading →

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Silver maples are starting to Bloom

It’s been a mild winter and we have already started racking up some Growing Degree Days in Southern Ontario.  The silver maples (Acer saccharinum) are blooming down in Essex county and the flowers are starting to open in the GTA. … Continue reading →

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Landscapers, Arborists and Retail Garden Centre owners? – This IPM Seminar is for YOU!

  Would you be able to identify woody plant issues and what causes them?  How about some ways to manage them through an integrated pest management program? Landscapers, Arborists and Garden Centre professionals who are interested in learning more about IPM … Continue reading →

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