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Category Archives: Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
The Friday Report – July 17/15
Environment Canada is calling for ridiculously hot and humid weather this weekend and well into next week. The UV index is very high so please take care out there are wear sunscreen, a hat and drink lots of fluids.
Posted in Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged arboriculture, fall webworm, IPM, Jen Llewellyn, landscape plants, nursery crops
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July 3, The Friday Report
What a gorgeous week to be living in ONtario! If can you, get outside this weekend and participate in one of the many butterfly/dragonfly/bioblitz counts going on. A full list of events can be found at Ontario Nature. Plant Phenology … Continue reading
The Thursday Report
It’s usually somewhere around this time of early summer that we have a chance to take a breath. Its been another intense, extreme weathered spring and YOU deserve some time off for good behavior. For me, that’s spending time in … Continue reading
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Tagged ipm in the nursery, jason deveau, Jen Llewellyn
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June 8 – Do You Know Where Your Bugs Are?
It’s official, climatologists are calling for a cooler summer with above average precipitation for the Great Lakes Region, that means us. Weather phenomena are conspiring to make this a wetter and potentially cooler season for us. This means exceptional transplant … Continue reading
Posted in Diseases, Insects, IPM, Nursery Production, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged bagworm, Jen Llewellyn, peachtree borer
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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
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
Potato Leafhoppers spotted in Hamilton Area!
Like Arnold said, “I’ll be back”. Potato leafhoppers were spotted on yellow sticky cards in the Hamilton area a few days ago.
Posted in Insects, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged Jen Llewellyn, potato leafhopper
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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
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Tagged gypsy moth, Jen Llewellyn, plant phenology, septoria leaf spot, WHAT'S THAT SOUND
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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
