• Keep a Close Eye on Thrips

  May 21, 2020

  'thrips alarm'; you also need to be alert to deformities, damaged spots, silvery spots, and excrement in the crop. Time to sound the alarm? Or not... How [...] fairly advanced stage! Search in the right places It's therefore important to spot the thrips infestation as early as possible, and to detect the larvae too

• Pollination checklist tomato

  To check on pollination , collect about 20 closed flowers from different spots. All the closed flowers must have bite marks. The closed flowers provide [...] suffer damage. You should therefore position the bumblebee hive in the coolest spot, or at least in the shade, particularly during the warmest part of the day

• Black leg of seedlings

  wounds, where the side roots are formed or through other similarly damaged spots. On the infected plant, new sporangia with zoospores are formed, that allow

• Phytoseiulus persimilis

  Phytoseiulus persimilis is by far the most important natural enemy of Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) and has been used in many crops worldwide [...] mites Phytoseiulus persimilis mites actively seek out and prey on the Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) . The predatory mite cannot feed on other [...] of spider mites and predatory mites will become cannibalistic. If new hot spots of spider mites appear, it may be necessary to reintroduce predatory mites

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  ‘Spidex Vital immediately gets to work on tackling spider mites and hot-spots, the beneficials search more effectively and as they lay their eggs earlier [...] in cucumbers. The ability of Spidex Vital to tackle spider mites and hot-spots effectively brings a sense of calm to the farm.’ He states that the weather

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  be grown for one year after infection. Damage symptoms Clavibacter causes spots on stems, leaves and fruits. Leaves and shoots wilt. On the lower leaves

• Investing in thrips control: always a good idea

  March 6, 2023

  a major threat. The best known are the tomato spotted wilt virus ( TSWV ) and the impatiens necrotic spot virus ( INSV ), but thrips also 'delivers' many

• Spidex Vital Go

  Two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae ) and other Tetranychus spp., except Tetranychus evansi . Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the

• Properly scouting for spider mite helps to avoid surprises

  July 5, 2022

  often drier and warmer spots. Spotting a spider mite attack is not complicated. The webs are particularly obvious, and when you spot those, the level of [...] are heading towards their winter stage. They will crawl off to untraceable spots, such as the frame of the greenhouse, and will seem to have disappeared.

• Diglyphus isaea

  It lies alongside the paralyzed leaf miner larva and is often difficult to spot. Larval stage: When the parasitic wasp larva hatches, it remains beside its [...] the mine. This is also seen in the pillars that remain visible as black spots in the leaf. The adult is metallic green to black in colour and unlike D