Category: Nectarines

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 18, 2020 0

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Winter Educational Opportunities for Fruit Growers

Keep up to date with new fruit pest & production information with these webinar series

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin December 3, 2020 0

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Spotted Lanternfly Getting Too Close for Comfort!

Specimens of the invasive spotted lanternfly have now been detected in Michigan, New York and Quebec.

Fruits and vegetables

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin October 10, 2020 0

Apples Apricots Berries Blueberries Cherries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Fresh Grapes Grapes Nectarines Peaches Pears Plums Podcast Raspberries Strawberries Tender Fruit Wine Grapes

New Episode of What’s Growing ON?

This week’s podcast focuses on how to improve productivity for your farm with OMAFRA’s Kathryn Carter and John Van de Vegte.

Fruits and vegetables

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 22, 2020 0

Apples Apricots Berries Blueberries Cherries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Podcast Raspberries Strawberries Tender Fruit Wine Grapes

What’s Growing ON? – Episode 9

This week’s episode focuses on the importance of pest monitoring with OMAFRA’s Cassie Russell on the problematic pepper weevil and Erica Pate on cyclamen mite issues in strawberries.

by wendymcfaddensmith August 17, 2020 0

Apples Apricots Berries Blueberries Cherries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Fresh Grapes Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Raspberries Strawberries Tender Fruit Wine Grapes

Use ‘em before we lose ‘em

Fruit growers will lose several pest management tools after this season as a result of Pest Management Regulatory Agency reviews or corporate decisions.

Fruits and vegetables

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 15, 2020 0

Apples Apricots Berries Blueberries Cherries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Podcast Raspberries Strawberries Tender Fruit Weeds Wine Grapes

What’s Growing ON? – Episode 8

This week’s episode focuses on pesticide resistance with OMAFRA’s Kristen Obeid on herbicide resistance in Ontario and Dennis van Dyk on Colorado potato beetle.

by wendymcfaddensmith August 13, 2020 0

Berries Blueberries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Insects Nectarines Peaches Plums Raspberries Strawberries

Spotted Wing Drosophila Update, August 14, 2020

The regional monitoring program is being conducted in berry and stone fruit crops in Essex, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Norfolk, Halton, Oxford,Continue Reading

by wendymcfaddensmith August 10, 2020 0

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New fungicide for stone fruit growers

The fungicide, Miravis Duo, is now labelled for control of blossom blight, brown rot and peach scab in all stoneContinue Reading

Fruits and vegetables

by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 7, 2020 0

Apples Apricots Berries Blueberries Cherries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Diseases Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Podcast Raspberries Strawberries Tender Fruit Vertebrates Weeds Wine Grapes

What’s Growing ON? – Episode 7

OMAFRA’s Kristy Grigg-McGuffin explains the pillars of IPM using summer disease of apples

Female spotted wing drosophila showing serrated ovipositor that allows eggs to be laid through the skin of intact fruit

by wendymcfaddensmith August 7, 2020 0

Berries Blueberries Currants, Elderberries, Cranberries and more Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Plums Raspberries Strawberries

Spotted Wing Drosophila Update, Aug 7, 2020

Spotted wing drosophila trap catches on the rise in Ontario with milder temperatures and ripening fruit