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Category Archives: Nursery Production
Need a Professional mid-Winter Break?
Feeling stressed? Been stuck in the office too much? Looking for a mid-winter break with other like-minded individuals that will Inspire…..Motivate…….and Energize you for the coming growing season? The 2017 Nursery Growers Short Course is just 4 weeks away! Come … Continue reading
Unwanted Herbivores in the Nursery and Landscape
Last fall and winter was one that I’ll always remember. The rodent population went NUTS and we had a lot of feeding damage on nursery and landscape plants. This year, we haven’t seen as many rodents around. Low precipitation … Continue reading
July 6 – IPM in the Nursery and Landscape
Hot, dry conditions continue for much of southern Ontario. Environment Canada says we’ve had one of the driest Junes on record, since 1991. This has put a lot of stress on plants and water resources. Newly planted nursery stock and landscape plants should be … Continue reading
Scale Crawlers are OUT!
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged euonymus scale, fletcher scale, Jen Llewellyn, taxus scale
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New IPM Database Tool for Ontario
A new management tool for planning your IPM activities at your nursery has been developed. “GDD” is online, and uses the current growing degree days to determine what pests you should be scouting for, and what stage they’re at. Susceptibility … Continue reading
Jumping for Joy in the Foliage (June 8)
What a spring for cankerworms! A few species of cankerworms (Geometrids) can be found feeding on trees and shrubs in the landscape and nursery. The greater Hamilton area is seeing significant populations of Fall Cankerworm, pale-green larvae that move like … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas Trees, Insects, IPM, Nursery Production
Tagged ipm nursery, Jen Llewellyn
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Here Comes The Humidity
The air was so dry up until just recently, it was SO nice. You know? If you’re like me, humidity is an important thing. Sure it means more plant diseases are in our future. But it also rakes havoc with my hair. The … Continue reading
Those Darling Buds of May 2 4
Oh yes Oh yes the long weekend is finally here! And so is the heat! (Photo: One more shot Rog on Flickr) Climatologists are expecting daily high’s of 20C and above for the next several days. Night time low’s are … Continue reading
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
Posted in Arboriculture, IPM, Nursery Production
Tagged ipm in the landscape, ipm in the nursery, Jen Llewellyn, publication 840
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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
