• Swirskii Predatory Mite Not All That Demanding

  May 3, 2019

  potted plants. Yet, it does have a few preferences. To begin with, swirskii does not like extreme cold. You can store it for a short time at 10-15 °C/50-59°F [...] This insect is an easy house guest: they are happy to eat almost anything and quickly feel at home in a crop. This is why this predatory mite is perfect [...] Although it still develops up to 36 °C/96.8°F, it does not do well at higher temperatures. Not only does temperature play a role, but the humidity should

• PhylloKare

  under strict sanitary conditions to be stable during transportation and storage. Once opened, use product immediately to avoid risk of contamination. Use [...] 104°F (40°C). Storage conditions Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Do not allow product to freeze. Safety and Precautions Avoid contact [...] Use PhylloKare to increase desirable yield and quality, enhance overall plant nutrition, support plant establishment and development, improve plant vigor

• Acadian Organic

  coverage. For backpack sprayers use a solution of 0.3 to 0.5 oz per gallon of water. The foliar spray should be applied as a fine mist, with low fluid velocity [...] next season’s early growth. Apply to the soil or foliar using above methods. Drench treatment Apply a soil drench using a dilution of 0.45 ounces per gallon [...] every 1-4 weeks from harvest to dormancy. Applications can be made either foliar or to the soil. Apply 3-5 days prior to an anticipated plant stress. Other

• Spotted Wing Drosophila

  females by a large dark spot on each wing, where their common name is derived from. Females have a strong saw-like ovipositor that is used to penetrate [...] respiration tubes extend from the fruit but are difficult to see. Larval feeding in the fruit leads to fruit tissue collapse. Even if the fruits have not collapsed [...] exposes fruits to secondary pathogens (e.g. bacteria, fungi and yeasts). Finally, deterioration of fruit can increase its susceptibility to attack by other

• V10

  EPA‑approved label. Application V10 is applied once per crop cycle to young tomato plants as a preventive treatment, in accordance with the EPA‑approved label [...] directions. Timing Apply V10 early in the crop cycle, prior to flowering and before exposure to Pepino mosaic virus , in accordance with the EPA‑approved [...] symptoms. This presence interferes with the ability of virulent PepMV strains to successfully infect and spread within the plant Pack size 0.8 L. Formulation

• Phil Gerry Featured On Fall IPM Podcast

  July 7, 2025

  Podcast episode: A Biological Approach to Fall IPM . Phil is a Technical Sales Consultant for the Northeast Region, covering six states. He was a lead grower [...] Northwest before joining Koppert in 2021, and brings a wealth of practical knowledge and creative strategies to the topic of managing some of the most troubling [...] starting slowly with just one crop or one pest to hone the necessary skills before expanding. Bill and Phil go on to explore biocontrols for mums including indoor

• Fall Armyworm

  disperse in a radius of about 500 km (300 miles) before oviposition, which is sufficient for them to move from seasonally dry habitats to wet habitats [...] possible for fall armyworms to spread over large areas rapidly. Adults fly by night, and are attracted to lights, especially those with a strong ultra-violet component [...] ragged or torn (similar to hailstorm damage in appearance). Life cycle of the Fall Armyworm Adult moths are 20 to 25 mm long and have a wingspan of 32-38 mm

• Sweet pepper

  The sweet pepper, also referred to as bell pepper or just pepper, is part of a specific group of cultivars that belongs to the species Capsicum annuum . [...] ranging from vanilla/white and yellow to orange, green and red and even dark purple and brown. The sweet pepper is a very rich source of vitamin C and a

• Entonem keeps young orchids free from fungus gnats

  be allowed to go wrong during the propagation phase; our buyers operate a zero-tolerance policy. To make it possible for them to start with a clean plant [...] four weeks to the 25 weeks and you need to take curative measures. All of this costs a great deal of money and is something we want to avoid.’ To combat fungus [...] young plants in a fine mist. This is followed by a second fine mist to rinse off nematodes that are on the leaves. A while later, I collect a few drops of

• Tobacco aphid

  Plant sap is rich in sugars, but has a low protein content. Aphids therefore need to extract large quantities of sap to get sufficient protein. The excess [...] The tobacco aphid tends to form denser colonies, closer to the top of the plant, than the peach potato aphid . It is not known to what extent tobacco aphids [...] matt, never glossy. Winged individuals have a brown-black head and thorax and a reddish abdomen. There is a dark brown spot on the abdomen and several