• Important message with regards to the upcoming holidays!

  November 26, 2020

  Important message with regards to the upcoming holidays! Adjustment to Customer order deadlines: Monday, December 21st for delivery in week 53 (week of [...] on December 25th and 28th. If delivery to your destination normally takes 2 or more days in transit, we highly recommend that you place your orders for

• A life-long commitment to help growers thrive with sustainable growing practice

  December 10, 2024

  perfectly round and runs over the leaves like crazy. They’re easy to spot with the naked eye giving growers the reassurance that they are doing their job. Years [...] sprayed poison on the food we eat and the flowers in our homes?" Rianne asks with a frown. For over two decades, she has passionately supported growers in [...] in horticulture. We have the most experienced consultants in the industry with years of practice in the field. We know our natural products and devise IPM

• Chrysoperla carnea

  cream-coloured to light brown. The head is light grey, with black eyes, and dark mouthparts and antennae, with two converging dark brown dorsal stripes that become [...] off-white and egg-shaped, about 3 mm long and 2.5 mm thick. The space between the inner and outer cocoon is filled with fine, loose webbing. Cocoons can be found [...] are 23-30 mm long, slender, yellow-green in colour, with a yellow-white dorsal stripe, and golden eyes. They have large, transparent finely green-veined

• Shore fly

  appearance of the Shore fly Adult Scatella shore flies are 4–5mm long with large eyes, thick bodies and short antennae, and their wings can have greyish brown [...] translucent-white larvae, around 0.5 mm long and with prominent rear breathing tubes, emerge from the eggs 2–3 days later. These maggots live in and just beneath [...] new adults emerge after 4–5 days. Adult shore flies typically live between 2–3 weeks after eclosion.

• Potato/tomato psyllid

  brown or black colour with white or yellow lines and a distinctive white stripe on the abdomen. They are small in size, around 2.5 mm, and they live between [...] Lifecycle and appearance of the potato/tomato psyllid The eggs are egg-shaped with a bright orange-yellow colour. They are attached to a strand which connects [...] key characteristics are their flat, oval-shaped appearance, distinctive red eyes, and waxy strands around their body. The entire development process lasts

• Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies

  hives) over the whole body Level 2 - level 1 symptoms plus intestinal problems (vomiting, diarrhoea) Level 3 - level 1 and/or 2 symptoms plus difficulties in [...] a hyposensitization treatment. Immunotherapy with honeybee venom does not necessarily protect patients with bumblebee allergy. This treatment is intended [...] pollinators in agricultural and horticultural crops. There are various subspecies with differing appearances including different colours and patterns. In general

• Precautionary measures for product allergies

  we recommend wearing respiratory equipment with a P3 filter as a minimum, but preferably a full mask with a P3 filter. Exposure via skin If there is a [...] nose (such as sneezing, runny nose, or an itchy nose), or eyes (such as itchy or watery eyes). If you experience symptoms and have any questions, please [...] products. If you are not allergic, but come into close and prolonged contact with certain substances, you could still develop an allergy. On this page, we

• Entonem keeps young orchids free from fungus gnats

  company works with ten well-trained scouts who constantly keep a close eye on the various crops. Floricultura has a close advisory relationship with Koppert’s [...] To make it possible for them to start with a clean plant, we maximize our use of biological plant protection, with a strong emphasis on prevention. The [...] more pests we can keep out of the young plants, the better.’ Perfect results with controlling fungus gnats and thrips pupae Their maximum biological approach

• Pepper weevil

  pepper weevil Newly hatched adults have a light brown colour, with an oval body measuring 2 to 3.5 mm in length, and over time they turn grey, reddish-brown [...] covers it with its excrement, creating a type of cell, to be used later when it begins its metamorphosis. It develops a shiny white colour and eyes which are [...] they detect a threat. Damage symptoms The most significant damage occurs with the loss of fruit, whether they fall to the ground or contain holes where

• House fly

  long, yellowish-grey to dark grey in colour, with four narrow black stripes on the thorax, reddish-brown eyes and clear, translucent wings. Female house [...] stages is temperature-dependent, with maximum egg production and fly development occurring between 25–30°C. The small (1.2 mm), white eggs will only hatch [...] organism to human populations; the housefly is always found in association with human activity. As the most common species of fly found on livestock farms