Tag: greenhouse

One bug at a time: how biocontrol helps you, even in winter

  • Author By Mary M. Woodsen
  • Publication date January 23, 2018
  • (Updated On January 17, 2019)

Sure it’s winter. But many greenhouse growers work year-round. And what’s this about biocontrols? In fields, orchards, vineyards, and greenhouses—especially greenhouses—biocontrols are the predators and parasites that keep pests in check, minus the pesticides. What’s special about greenhouses? They’re where pests consistently find plenty of food, just-right temperatures, and little to stop them from bounding out…Continue Reading One bug at a time: how biocontrol helps you, even in winter

Hiring Now: Four New NYS IPM Posts

  • Author By Mary M. Woodsen
  • Publication date July 27, 2016
  • (Updated On July 27, 2016)

The New York State IPM Program seeks four new staff to amplify our IPM outreach and research for farms and communities around New York. Here are the positions (three of them new) we seek to fill: Biocontrol Specialist (Extension Associate) Alternative Weed Management Specialist (Extension Associate) Coordinator for the Network for Environment and Weather Applications…Continue Reading Hiring Now: Four New NYS IPM Posts

No Greenhouse, No Grow Light? This Advice Is a Fun Read Anyway

  • Author By Mary M. Woodsen
  • Publication date April 13, 2016
  • (Updated On April 14, 2016)

Now, I don’t have a greenhouse or even a grow light on my windowsill. But sometimes IPM ornamentals specialist Elizabeth Lamb’s  posts are so much fun to read that I just want to share them with the world. From now on, it’s Elizabeth’s voice you’re hearing. I just figured out how to hyperlink in my…Continue Reading No Greenhouse, No Grow Light? This Advice Is a Fun Read Anyway

There’s an App for That: IPM’s “Greenhouse Scout” Makes “Greenhouse Grower” List

  • Author By Mary M. Woodsen
  • Publication date January 14, 2015
  • (Updated On January 14, 2015)

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