Category Archives: IPM

Dormant Horticultural Oil App’s This Week!

Dormant oils should not be applied if the temperature is below 4C or if the temperature will approach freezing soon after application of the dormant oil spray.  The freezing temperatures can mess with the emulsion of the oil mixture and cause uneven application. Continue reading →

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Questions About Pesticide Resistance?

OMAFRA Lunch and Learn Series has Answers. REPOSTED FROM: DECEMBER 18, 2020 SARAH JANDRICIC, GREENHOUSE FLORICULTURE IPM SPECIALIST, OMAFRA Pesticide resistance is something most growers have run into at some time or another. High pesticide resistance in species like western … Continue reading →

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Temporary Mild Weather Spell Supports Fall Dormant Oil App’s

Now that trees have dropped their leaves and the weather has turned mild for a bit, hort professionals have a short bonus shot at managing overwintering plant pests! The full, dormant rate of horticultural oil is excellent for smothering juvenile … Continue reading →

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IPM in The Middle of August

  We recently cracked a case of stunted, distorted leaves and premature leaf drop on honeylocust this week….

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Watch Our For Hot Spots of Magnolia Scale

Magnolia scale females have given birth to live young, and these tiny, dark crawlers have started to venture out to feed on twigs in the landscape.  Signs of magnolia scale include honeydew: sticky leaves and sticky residue on vehicles and … Continue reading →

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Watch Out For Hot Spots of Magnolia Scale

Magnolia scale females have given birth to live young, and these tiny, dark crawlers have started to venture out to feed on twigs in the landscape.  Signs of magnolia scale include honeydew: sticky leaves and sticky residue on vehicles and … Continue reading →

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The Friday Report – July 24, 2020

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The Friyay Report – July 17th

One of the most filthiest scale insect pests known to horticulturalists, the Euonymus scale (Unaspis euonymi) is a tiny little armored scale that covets evergreen Euonymus fortunei in the garden or landscape.  Adult females have a dark cover that is wider at the posterior end, sea-shell in appearance with white margins. The smaller males have […]

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Treat the 2nd Generation BTM Larvae in Toronto NOW

Now is the time to detect and treat for actively feeding box tree moth larvae in Toronto Continue reading →

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Japanese Beetles Have Started To Emerge

                 Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) adults are starting to take flight in southern Ontario!

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