• Cannabis Aphid Prevention Strategies

  July 12, 2024

  economic, health, and environmental risks to your crop. On Arrival: Most importantly , avoid importing clones (if possible), and do not import more than you [...] Aphid enters your garden space, it will typically come in on clones imported from another growing facility. Inspection of clones is vital as aphids in [...] excrement) and viruses/viroids vectored by these sap-feeding insects. Rigorous exclusion protocols are effective at preventing the Cannabis Aphid from entering

• Codling moth

  of apple and also occasionally of pear, quince, peach and other fruits. It is very common in Europe. Damage symptoms After invading the fruit, the larvae [...] as the tissue beneath is eaten away. Infested fruits usually ripen prematurely and drop off. Life cycle and appearance of Codling moth The adults have a [...] mm long, initially whitish and later pale pinkish white, with a brown head and a pale anal plate. The pupa is 8-10 mm long and yellowish brown to dark brown

• Eggplant

  nightshade and is widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in South Africa and Southeast Asia [...] genus Solanum and is thus related to the tomato and potato. Botanically speaking however, the eggplant is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many [...] many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because they contain nicotinoid alkaloids, just like tobacco.

• Drososan

  beginning of the adult flights and fruit development in surrounding trees and shrubs. Traps will be less effective once fruit starts to ripen. Combined use [...] such as climate, crop and pest density and should always be adjusted to the particular situation. The trap density typically ranges from 1-20 per hectare. [...] drosophila in combination with Fruit Fly Attractant. Pests Spotted wing drosophila ( Drosophila suzukii). Crops Various fruit crops. Mode of action The Drososan

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

  December 10, 2024

  both locally and abroad. This is very important when growers start out and our consultants play a vital role during the introduction and rollout.’ Making [...] introduce our beneficial organisms and in what numbers. ‘We really understand our beneficial insects and mites and how they work, and we have the advantage of producing [...] comes to cultivating greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals . Our consultants are at hand to let individual growers and companies know when to introduce

• Mushroom

  spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies [...] whites, crimini, and portobello. Many other mushroom varieties are also commercially available as growers and breeders search for new and unique tastes for [...] by criteria that include absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Most mushrooms sold in supermarkets have been commercially

• Melon

  sweet and edible, fleshy fruit. The term "melon" is used for the plant, but also to identify the fruit. Botanically speaking, the melon (the fruit) is actually

• Blackberry

  an edible fruit that originates from a wide range of species belonging to the genus Rubus that is part of the family of Rosaceae , but also from hybrids [...] hybrids within the Rubus subgenus, and hybrids between the Rubus and Idaeobatus subgenera. The blackberry is actually not a berry botanically speaking. It is [...] is a so-called aggregate fruit that consists of small kernels.

• Cottony soft rot

  easily be seen with the naked eye and look like rat droppings. The symptoms may occur on stems but also on leaves, fruits and pods. Root infection often leads [...] wilting and death of plants. Life cycle and appearance of Cottony soft rot Cottony soft root ( Sclerotinia sclerotiorum ) overwinters as sclerotia and mycelium [...] in dead and living plant material in or on the ground. Sclerotia germinate at temperatures between 4 and 26 °C with an optimum between 13 and 15 °C. G

• Lyprauta

  yellow and embedded in a dense web. Adult flies are long and slender and have a dark brown head with short antennae. The thorax is brownish-yellow and the [...] number of flower stems and a longer vegetative stage. The root damage can also form entry points for pathogens. Life cycle and appearance of Lyprauta The [...] eggs of Lyprauta sp. are greyish-black and spherical. Larvae of Lyprauta sp. are a transparent greyish white and have a long slender body. The head is brown