• Maximize pollination in tomato

  secrets to maximize your tomato harvest. Need our tips for hive placement? Download our poster here. Checklist for pollination in tomato Tips for tomato [...] play a vital role in achieving optimal pollination results for tomato crops. If you are seeking to optimize your crop's pollination process and achieve exceptional [...] you with valuable insights, step-by-step instructions, and expert tips on how to successfully integrate commercial bumblebees into your tomato cultivation

• Red Headed Flea Beetle Eradication Described in April 2025 GrowerTalks Issue

  February 25, 2025

  magazine has been the industry’s voice for ornamental horticulture since 1937. Growers and propagators turn to it to learn about the newest standards and [...] Beneficial nematodes Koppert's beneficial nematodes: new look and ready for the future The How and Why of IPM We Know What Eradicates Red Headed Flea Beetle , [...] subsequent trials, and paints a picture of the work that still needs to be done with respect to rate, location, timing, and application methods of the biosolution

• What is Thripex Plus?

  May 30, 2018

  IPM: The Path to a Successful Approach IPM: The Answer to the Challenges of the Future The How and Why of IPM Thripex Plus is nothing to be afraid of, [...] you're a pest. Have you recently been to your local nursery looking for just the perfect flower or plant to add to your garden? Perhaps you received a hanging [...] nursery used to defeat pests. One reason to use an IPM program is to reduce the chemical pesticides sprays that once dry may linger on the plant for days. Sometimes

• Trichoderma harzianum

  sensible to soil diseases. If the crop cycle is long it is advised to perform regular applications with Trianum-P to keep a high number of change to maintain [...] fungi, which get no change to establish themselves on the roots. Competition for nutrients: Trichoderma harzianum competes for resources, such as space and [...] Trichoderma harzianum has the capacity to make certain 'fixed' nutrients such as manganese and iron available for the plant to absorb. As a result, it provides

• Flowering and Pollination – One of the Most Critical Blueberry Growth Stages

  April 16, 2019

  growers were able to increase their yields by 5 percent or higher, bringing their return on investment to four to five dollars for every dollar spent [...] what it needs to support this hormonal shift, the plant will start to suffer and become stressed, making it an attractive food source for insects and diseases [...] heavily on pollinators to initiate the production of berries. But is it only pollinators that are important, or are there other factors to take into consideration

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  around Doetinchem. Marc van Rijswijk is the spokesman for Buha, the implementing organization for the Municipality of Doetinchem whose responsibilities [...] necessary. ‘We think it is important to maintain the biodiversity in the centre, and public opinion is quite sensitive to spraying here. We worked in consultation [...] benefit to biodiversity. In mid-April, we started using nematodes at locations with significant contact options within the built-up area. For the optimal

• In Partnership with Nature

  January 2, 2019

  For the Better Health of People and the Planet For the past 50 years Koppert’s mission has been to contribute to better health of people and the planet [...] recyclable package for shipping. Over the next several months, you will start to see this new packaging. At first the switch to the new packaging will be gradual [...] methods. Our goal is to completely switch to the new recyclable packaging within the first quarter of 2019. This method will enable us to transport our most

• Tree specialist Wolterinck: Control of oak processionary caterpillar with Entonem

  Nematodes are a better solution for urban areas.’ Wolterinck BV sprays the nematodes when the caterpillar egg casings begin to emerge. A second spraying may [...] Entonem on the oak processionary caterpillar. ‘We’ve been using nematodes for years. The product is our preferred method over products based on Bacillus

• Crop Monitoring and Scouting

  involves a close inspection of plants for signs of stress, pests, diseases. This practice proves invaluable for early issue identification and prompt action [...] detection. Identifying pests and diseases early allows for targeted control measures, reducing the need for excessive pesticide use. This not only reduces costs [...] scout observations by mobile phone manually or use the scanner for Horiver sticky cards for automatic detection of pests. The dashboard provides you with

• Trianum effectively controls Pythium in cucumber

  using Trianum for the past two years in order to protect his plants’ roots. ‘I started using Trianum-G because of my crop’s susceptibility to Pythium,’ explained [...] pots (two plants in one rockwool cube). He decided to do this in response to his crop’s susceptibility to Pythium. ‘My crop gets 20 hours of light a day, [...] mats and whole rows had to be rejected, and the fungus would spread through the gutters to adjacent mats. ‘We sometimes lost up to 50% of production on the