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Category Archives: IPM
The Friday Report
Holy Cow its dry out there, lawns look like they are starting to go dormant. Newly planted trees and shrubs are really starting to suffer. I’ve got American goldfinches trying to drink from my Hummingbird feeder. And my colleague said … Continue reading
Up and Down in Southern Ontario
It’s our favorite time of year, the temperatures are up and down like a yo-yo, the UV index is extremely high, the black flies are still biting (me at least) and a new batch of mosquitoes has just hatched (and … Continue reading
Protect Evergreens Now, New Growth is Emerging
Monitor for needlecast and blight diseases on older foliage where new foliage is emerging on pine and spruce.
Posted in Diseases, IPM
Tagged diplodia tip blight, Jen Llewellyn, rhizosphaera on spuce
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Fast times in the Ontario Landscape
This past week was way above average for temperatures for the beginning of May. This has increased the GDD accumulations and hastened plant and insect development. Many plants that normally bloom sequentially are blooming (and pollinating) at the same time, Aye … Continue reading
Those Darling Buds of May, 2015
We’ve got a warm week ahead of us and for those of us in the green industry, we are all wishing that spring would slow down a little bit. Buds are bursting like crazy, making bloom periods as well as … Continue reading
Posted in IPM, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged gypsy moth, Jen Llewellyn, plant phenology, septoria leaf spot, WHAT'S THAT SOUND
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Spruce needle drop in the Landscape?
It seems to be one of the most common complaints this spring: my spruce tree is turning brown and dropping needles!!!!
Posted in IPM, Weather
Tagged Allgreen Tree Service, Jen Llewellyn, spruce tree decline, spruce tree needle drop
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Flower Buds and a Few Thugs
We’ve had such a cool spring that when we did start to get some “heat” a few weeks ago, it hastened the development of some of our earliest flowering plants. Instead of there being distinct periods of bloom, many of … Continue reading
Managing a Few Diseases on Ornamentals
Remember all that Fireblight (1st photo) and Apple scab (2nd photo) we had the last couple of years on apple, crabapple and pear? Now is the time to start fighting back.
Posted in Diseases, IPM, Nursery Production
Tagged apple scab, filbert blight, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti, omafra
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Is Your Spruce Tree Dropping Twigs?
This time of year arborists and landscapers often get calls from homeowners worried about all the twigs they find scattered on the ground below their spruce twigs. It’s just the current season’s growth that is affected and although it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in animal injury, Arboriculture, IPM, landscape
Tagged ipm on landscape trees, Jen Llewellyn, squirrel damage on spruce
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Listen, I know it’s raining. And by now you are thinking that you just can’t handle another rain day. Believe me, I hear ya. And I’m there too. But I checked the weather forecast and they are predicting sunny skies … Continue reading
