Kicking off February, two Lake Ontario Winter Fruit Schools back to back: February 2, 2015 8:00 am 4:00 pm Niagara County CCE Training Center, 4487 Lake Ave., Lockport, NY 14094 February 3, 2015 8:00 am 4:00 pm Wayne County, Quality Inn, 125 North Main St., Newark, NY 14513 You’ll learn about recent research results, new…Continue Reading Back to School for Fruit Growers | IPM and More
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
Keep Records on Pests
They’re back! Insect pests, plant diseases, weeds, birds, biting flies — the works. And tracking them year to year is critical. How better to know your options are, this year and in years to come? So pick up a pencil, smart phone or tablet and write them down on a field-to-field or livestock basis. Write…Continue Reading Keep Records on Pests
Go wild for wild bees!
Join the Northeast Pollinator Partnership! A lesson scientists can learn from citizens, especially apple growers, is which native bees are pollinating their apple blossoms and where. Apple flowers need pollen from another flower in order to be fertilized (don’t blush!). Indeed often the pollen has to come from another apple tree of a different variety….Continue Reading Go wild for wild bees!