Photo of the Week
We are seeing moderate-high levels of Gypsy moth egg masses in southern Ontario this fall! Scrape off the brown, fuzzy masses and you will see the 100+ eggs inside. Remove, Collect, Dispose as much as possible to reduce larvae in 2021.
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Those Precocious Blooms of April!
outher Norway maple (Acer platanoides and its cultivars) are just starting to bloom in the GTA, making this one of the earliest blooms for trees since 2012! Continue reading
2021 Will Be Remembered as “The Year of the Gypsy Moth”
Posted in Arboriculture, Insects, IPM, landscape, Weekly Nursery Landscape Report
Tagged biocontrol, bugfinder, dave cheung, gypsy moth, Jen Llewellyn, lymantria dispar
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IPM in The Middle of August
We recently cracked a case of stunted, distorted leaves and premature leaf drop on honeylocust this week….
Watch Our For Hot Spots of Magnolia Scale
Magnolia scale females have given birth to live young, and these tiny, dark crawlers have started to venture out to feed on twigs in the landscape. Signs of magnolia scale include honeydew: sticky leaves and sticky residue on vehicles and … Continue reading
The Friyay Report – July 17th
One of the most filthiest scale insect pests known to horticulturalists, the Euonymus scale (Unaspis euonymi) is a tiny little armored scale that covets evergreen Euonymus fortunei in the garden or landscape. Adult females have a dark cover that is wider at the posterior end, sea-shell in appearance with white margins. The smaller males have […]
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Tagged bugfinder, dave cheung, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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The Monday Report – June 29th
One of the most filthiest scale insect pests known to horticulturalists, the Euonymus scale (Unaspis euonymi) is a tiny little armored scale that covets evergreen Euonymus fortunei in the garden or landscape. Adult females have a dark cover that is wider at the posterior end, sea-shell in appearance with white margins. The smaller males have […]
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Tagged bugfinder, dave cheung, Jen Llewellyn, onnurserycrops
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Late Spring IPM for Landscape and Nursery
Foliar diseases such as Anthracnose can be seen on deciduous trees in the landscape, especially on maple, ash and oak. The fungus infects leaf tissue as it is emerging, especially during cool, wet springs. Fungal infection causes some distortion and … Continue reading
Boxwood Leafminer Adults Are Flying Where Black Locusts are in Flower Bud!
Boxwoods in the landscape not looking so good? Are you seeing a lot of yellow-brown spots on leaves?