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Tag Archives: Integrated pest management
Upcoming IPM Workshop for Landscape, Arboriculture and Garden Centre Pro’s
Looking for a fun, educational workshop to brush up on your integrated plant health knowledge and skills? Looking to network with other professionals? Have I got the workshop for you!
IPM in early August
This beautiful, fat four-horned Sphinx moth larva (Order: Lepidoptera; Family: Sphingidae; Species: Ceratomia amyntor) was found chewing on elm leaves by OMAFRA Field Tech Student Kaitlin Creighton and LO Nursery Scout Charlotte Thomson. Knowing their supervisor’s sense of humour, Kait … Continue reading
IPM This Week August 17/17
Magnolia Scale has had another great year in the Ontario landscape. This means tons of honeydew, ants, wasps and other nuisance insects that plague our beloved magnolia trees.
Posted in IPM, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged bugfinder, dave cheung, fall webworm, Integrated pest management, Jen Llewellyn, magnolia scale
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Magnolia Scale, the plague of the landscape
Magnolia Scale is just rampant this year again. And to make matters worse, there seems to be two developmental groups of them, a smaller subset about 3 weeks behind the older ones (see photo above). This means a second set of … Continue reading
Posted in IPM, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged arboriculture, fall webworm, Integrated pest management, IPM, Jen Llewellyn, magnolia scale
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August 10, the Monday Report
Magnolia Scale is just NASTY this year. CRAWLERS have hatched but are still hiding underneath the female scales. Pick off scales to reveal dark grey eggs and crawlers (eggs with legs) underneath. The crawlers will hatch and gradually emerge out from … Continue reading
August 22 Nursery-Landscape Report
Environment Canada is calling for a warm, sunny weekend! There is still a chance of rain today and tonight but tomorrow is expected to be mainly sunny with high’s in the mid-20’s. Magnolia Scale crawlers are out! Crawlers are dark … Continue reading
August 1 Nursery-Landscape Report
Environment Canada is calling for warmer and more humid weather this weekend. UV index is still quite high so please take care out there are wear sunscreen, a hat and drink lots of fluids to help cool down your core … Continue reading
Lots going on in IPM this week May 30/14
Environment Canada is forecasting a lovely, warm weekend. Rain may return on Monday so keep that in mind if you are still managing diseases during leaf emergence. What a beautiful weekend for digging up dandelions and re-seeding the lawn and … Continue reading
Nursery Grower IPM Seminars start NEXT WEEK!
Calling All Wholesale Nursery Growers! I will be conducting the 12th annual IPM in the Nursery seminars at 3 sites this year:
Dormant Oil in the Autumn?
It’s been a warm month so far but the long-term forecast is calling for much cooler temperatures. That means we will soon have an opportunity to manage some of our plant pests, such as mite eggs and scale insect nymphs, … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, IPM, Mites
Tagged horticultural oil, Integrated pest management, managing scale insects
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