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Photo of the Week
Are you seeing small shoot tips littering the ground around spruce trees? This is the handiwork of the Red Squirrel. They snip off the shoot, eat the insides of the buds, then discard. And repeat. This pruning service is free and does not hurt the health of the tree. (Photo: P. Tillich)
Category Archives: Nursery Production
Welcome May 24 Weekend!
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 weather continues! Climatologists are predicting that our daytime temperatures will stay moderate until about the […]
Protect Malus and Pyrus Now
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.
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Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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April Showers, Bring May Diseases
This cooler weather has been a nice break, slowing down plant development and reducing heat and desiccation stress on newly planted or harvested nursery stock. We inched up a little in Growing Degree Days and Plant Phenology this week.
Protect Malus Against Apple Scab
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.
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Tagged apple scab, fireblight, Jen Llewellyn, mike celetti
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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
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
