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Category Archives: landscape
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.
Posted in Diseases, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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Insect Pests on Evergreens Right Now
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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Protect Crabapple, Serviceberry, Pears Now From Juniper Rusts
Gymnosporangium rusts are sporulating now on Juniperus hosts. Look for orange, gelatinous structures on foliage and stems of various Juniperus spp. They are sporulating both in container production and in the field. They can be found sporulating when the Cercis … Continue reading
Posted in Diseases, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged cedar apple rust, gymnosporangium rust, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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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 […]
Posted in Insects, IPM, landscape
Tagged dormant oil, horticultural oil, Jen Llewellyn
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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
Posted in Arboriculture, IPM, landscape
Tagged bagworm, bugfinder, city of toronto, eastern tent caterpillar, fall cankerworm, gypsy moth, Jen Llewellyn
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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.
Posted in Diseases, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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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
Hold Off on Fall Fertilizer Where Soil is Dry
Warm, sunny days and cold nights give rise to the most spectacular fall colours. Unfortunately, that long stretch of unseasonable warm, cloudy days and warm nights in September certainly stalled out leaf colour development this year.
Posted in landscape, Nursery Production, Plant Nutrition
Tagged fall fertilizing, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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IPM This Week – July 11
Click HERE for the AUDIO version of this blog post. Frequent precipitation events continue to shower outdoor ornamentals with too much love. Leaf diseases are rampant, making plants … Continue reading
Pesky Pests Running Among Us
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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