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Category Archives: Plant Nutrition
Are You Seeing Nutritional Deficiency Symptoms on Woody Plants?
Do you ever see chlorotic or stunted leaves and wonder if it could be a particular nutrient deficiency? Soil nutrient testing can be a good tool to assess levels of … Continue reading
It’s June 1st Already!
We’ve just entered one of the busiest times of year for IPM managers of outdoor ornamentals. Plants are lush and pests and diseases are hungry. Are you seeing discoloured, pimple-like spots on the foliage of pear trees?
Hold Off on Fall Fertilizer Where Soil is Dry
Warm, sunny days and cold nights give rise to the most spectacular fall colours. Unfortunately, that long stretch of unseasonable warm, cloudy days and warm nights in September certainly stalled out leaf colour development this year.
Posted in landscape, Nursery Production, Plant Nutrition
Tagged fall fertilizing, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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Now Is The Time To Test Leaves for Nutritional Content
Ever see chlorotic or stunted leaves and wonder if it could be a particular nutrient deficiency? Soil nutrient testing can be a good tool to assess levels … Continue reading
Rough Winds Do Shake the Darling Buds of May
Click HERE for the AUDIO version of this blog post. We are seeing wind tattering damage on tender … Continue reading
Nursery Growers Demonstrating Ways To Conserve Nutrient Inputs
A recent study of fertilizer placement techniques in Ontario nursery grown nursery stock has shown that sub-surface applications of fertilizer can not only reduce the required amount of fertilizer inputs, but also help conserve nutrients in the crop.
Posted in Nursery Production, Plant Nutrition
Tagged Jen Llewellyn, omafra, phytoserv
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Fall Fertility – What a great opportunity!
Leaf drop and fall colour is visible on some trees and shrubs in the landscape. This is especially true of woody plants on roadsides, high sandy knolls or compacted sites. In some cases where individual specimens are entering senescence earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Arboriculture, landscape, Nursery Production, Plant Nutrition
Tagged fall fertilizing trees, Jen Llewellyn
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