While a decrease in insects as the weather cools is a plus to many people, greenhouse growers should keep in mind that beneficial insects could use a little help.
Whether you’re growing cannabis, ornamentals, or vegetables, there’s a lot to learn about the latest tools and techniques for your pest management program.
Whether through foliar assault or ground attack, take control with application techniques and strategies that maximize beneficial nematode effectiveness.
During the Biocontrols USA West Conference, Fessler Nursery’s former Head Grower will highlight how the company uses a beneficial insect-based IPM approach.
Growers producing crops in protected structures, including ornamentals, vegetable crops, and cannabis, can learn about effective sanitation, banker plants, and buying and using beneficials and predatory insects at the Biocontrols USA West Conference in San Diego, March 3-7.
Trying to control pests effectively on a wide variety of crops is a major undertaking. Delray Plants in Venus, Fla., has been using biological controls as a part of its pest control program for more than 10 years. It operates 300 acres, which includes covered structures and 7 acres of outdoor field production.
Make sure the shipment of beneficials that just arrived is viable and ready to go to work in your greenhouse, nursery, or field. Here are five steps you can take to ensure success with your biocontrols.
Biological pest control company Beneficial Insectary is now producing both Amblyseius (=Neoseiulus) cucumeris and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (formerly Hypoaspis miles) at its facility in California. Domestic production in the U.S. is now benefiting growers in North America by reducing the transit time of perishable predatory mites between producer and grower.
