January — that’s when the long process of combing through this year’s crop of NYS IPM research reports begins. We’re looking for great stories to feature in our annual report. As usual, we’ve got lots of contenders. And would that we had room for them all. Our theme this year? Well, it is our 30th…Continue Reading IPM: Pests, Best Practices, and the Passage of Time
There’s an App for That: IPM’s “Greenhouse Scout” Makes “Greenhouse Grower” List
NYS IPM’s Greenhouse Scout was featured recently in Greenhouse Grower’s online e-Newsletter as one of 15 apps for 2015. Here’s why. In the pest-friendly environment of a greenhouse, you need all the friends you can get. So more and more growers are turning to biocontrol — to using beneficial insects, mites, and fungi to control…Continue Reading There’s an App for That: IPM’s “Greenhouse Scout” Makes “Greenhouse Grower” List
Education and E-ducation: Winter Farm Schools for IPM and More
It’s not easy, keeping up with the abundance of winter production schools, webinars, and online courses. Here’s a small sampling of options for everything from straight-up greenhouse production to biocontrol (hey, that’s a core tenet of IPM) to a smorgasbord of small-farm options for beginning or diversifying farmers. Are you a greenhouse grower? Here’s a…Continue Reading Education and E-ducation: Winter Farm Schools for IPM and More
Green Lacewing a Good one!!
That green fluttery insect near your porch light at night — with wings like green lace? That’s a green lacewing. Lacewings are beneficials — good insects, ones that prey on insects you don’t want. Actually, what you’ve seen is an adult lacewing; it feeds on flower nectar, pollen, and aphid honeydew. It’s the lacewing larvae…Continue Reading Green Lacewing a Good one!!
In Greenhouses, Good Science = Good ¢
In the cold Northeast, heat costs money. And no one knows it better than greenhouse growers. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, growers are ramping up for one of their biggest sales days of year — which until now, has meant cranking up the thermostat. Not any more. Growers want to save money…Continue Reading In Greenhouses, Good Science = Good ¢