Tag Archives: Jen Llewellyn

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 […]

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Spring is Springing!

It was quite the wait wasn’t it? After witnessing one of the warmest February’s on record, March was quite a shock. But we seem to be on track now with a warming trend on the 7 day weather forecasts.  Night … Continue reading →

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Upcoming IPM Workshop for Landscape, Arboriculture and Garden Centre Pro’s

Looking for a fun, educational workshop to brush up on your plant health knowledge and skills?  Looking to network with other professionals? Have I got the workshop for you! March 28, 2017:  IPM in the Woody Landscape at Landscape Ontario in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Its Time for Cultural Management of Fall Cankerworm

Homeowners and horticulturalists alike will remember being inundated with tiny, green loopers feeding voraciously on many of our shade trees this past spring (Acer, Betula, Celtis, Fagus, Malus, Quercus, Tilia, Ulmus).  These were the larvae or caterpillar stage of the … Continue reading →

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Spruce Spider Mites are Loving This Weather!

          Monitor for adults and eggs of spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) on conifers with a history of mite damage (Abies, Picea, Thuja).  These are COOL season mites that will feed on current seasons’s foliage well into the … Continue reading →

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Get Ready for Fall Dormant Oil Applications

Today marks the first day of Autumn.  And with it another interesting calendar event, the Autumn Equinox.  Like the Spring Equinox (March 21), the Autumn Equinox marks a unique period of time where the length of daylight and night time … Continue reading →

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Introduced Beech Scale Nymphs on American Beech

  Introduced Beech scale (Cryptococcus fagisugae) is easier to see this time of year on our native American beech (Fagus grandifolia).  That’s because of the white waxy coverings the females produce to protect their eggs.  Look for

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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 →

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