Frost and spraying Take care with warm days and cold nights - only spray when there is no risk of frost the following day. Products that contain adjuvants will enhance uptake and increase efficacy but can leave soft foliage without adequate cuticle. This vulnerable foliage may be damaged even...
Nutricion: Mild, dry days are ideal to start applying top dressing products to container-grown stock plants and trees. Use Sincron, Triabon or Floranid Permanent - they break down and leave a better visual look to the pot surface. For field crops, use a 1:1:1 horticultural grade fertiliser. The potash...
Peach leaf curl - Taphrina spp. that cause curling, distortion, puckering and blistering of leaves, stems and fruit (see p26) can be controlled with applications of Cuprokylt (EoA 2006-3134) onto peaches, apricots, nectarines and almonds. Some peach cultivars are sensitive to copper oxychloride so...
Revocations Betanal Expert, Ethosat 500 and Nortron Flo have a final sales date of 28 February 2012 and end use and storage date of 28 February 2013. Aphids Keep checking plants and hedges of (approx equal to) leylandii, Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, juniper and Picea and spray with Aphox, Decis, Hallmark...
Sprayer calibration: Remember to take the time to calibrate all equipment used - making sure that the right product is applied at the right rate will reduce pest, disease and weed resistance over the coming year and hopefully provide better control, too. Check whether your droplet size is appropriate...
Pine aphid: Dry weather can encourage early aphid populations on leylandii, Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, juniper and Picea spp. Feeding now can cause needle drop later in the summer period. Check vulnerable plants and spray with Aphox (IPM-friendly), Decis or Hallmark WZT (EoA 2008-2944) at this time...
Mice: Damage can be seen on protected crops during the winter months - mice are messy eaters, leaving slithers of uneaten stem at the base of the damaged area. I find that they tend not to feed on plants that have been treated with Ronstar 2G granules. Damping-off: This disease can be an issue...
Vent gear: Grease up your vent gear. Vent motors, racks and bearings can get damaged during the busy summer months through lack of maintenance. Make sure that your staff use safe working methods when carrying out any work on these high pieces of equipment. Health Safety Executive leaflet AIS12 provides...
Field soil sampling Take soil samples now to check end-of-season nutrient levels. The results are only as good as the sample taken, so walk each field in a "W" pattern. Start away from gateways, avoid old lime or manure heaps and patches of perennial weeds. Sampling now can help towards accurate...
Vine weevil: Nemasys L provides good larval control at this time of year. Apply to protected crops and plants exposed to egg-laying that have not yet had compost-incorporated Met52 or granular insecticide. In large tree containers, Nematodes can be more effective than insecticide drenches. Weed...
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