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Category Archives: landscape
Scout Evergreens Early to Combat Insects & Mites This Week
Look for small, white, woolly tufts or masses on the twigs of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) (Photos: Julie Holmes, CFIA). It is still a good time to scout for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) because of the visibility of the white … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged evergreen ipm, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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Resources To Help You Do Business During Covid-19
Nursery and Floriculture Growers, Landscapers and Retail Garden Centres are all working hard to provide the kind of excellence in service and plant material that Ontarians have come to know and expect. As more horticultural businesses are opening up, we … Continue reading
Continue to Protect Apple, Crabapple and Pear from Fireblight and Apple Scab
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.
Posted in Diseases, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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Fruit Tree Disease Management Begins at Green Tip
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.
Posted in Diseases, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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Spring is Springing…Again!
There may still be snow in the bush north of Barrie but at long last, its been mild enough to support bloom on several early flowering plants. Sunday afternoon was heavenly…for a few hours. It looks like some milder weather … Continue reading
Posted in Arboriculture, IPM, landscape
Tagged bagworm, bugfinder, city of toronto, eastern tent caterpillar, fall cankerworm, gypsy moth, Jen Llewellyn
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Seeing Dieback on Maples?
Several Landscape Professionals are reporting significant canopy dieback in maple trees this year.
Posted in Arboriculture, Diseases, IPM, landscape
Tagged dieback on maple, it's not Verticillium, onnurserycrops
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Still Lots Of Opportunities For IPM
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 […]
Posted in Insects, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged bugfinder, dave cheung, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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Boxwood Leafminer Adults Are Flying
Boxwoods in the landscape not looking so good coming out of the winter? Are you seeing a lot of yellow leaves? Can you see any yellow-green-brown spots?
Upcoming 2019 IPM Workshops!
Looking for a fun, educational workshop to brush up on your woody landscape plant health knowledge and skills? Looking to network with other professionals? Have I got the workshop for you! OMAFRA-ISAO Course: “IPM and Site Condition Assessment For Woody … Continue reading
