The Biocontrols Post Gardens Uses

Post Gardens started using biocontrols seven years ago and the growers there have learned a lot about which products are most effective at preventing insect and disease problems. 

While each operation should tailor a custom biocontrol program based on crops and greenhouse conditions, here’s a look at the products used by Post Gardens according to Post’s Bill Tuinier.

Biocontrol	For treatment of
Aphidius colemani	aphids
Cucumeris mini sachet	thrips
Cucumeris sprinkler	thrips
Encarsia	whitefly cool months
Eretmocerus	whitefly hot months
Nemasys (Becker Underwood)	fungus gnats and thrip larva
Phytoseiulus perimillis	spider mites
Skirskii	aggressive thrip control
No Fly fungus (Natural Industries)	thrips, whitefly, mites
Met 52 fungus	thrips, aphids, whitefly
Actionvate biological fungicide (Natural Industries)	Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, powdery mildew and Botrytis
Cease (Bacillus subtillis, Bioworks)	Botrytis, powdery mildew, Erwinia, Xanthomonas
Botanigard fungus (Bioworks)	whitefly, thrips, aphids, and more
Molt-x (Bioworks)	botanical insecticide broad-spectrum
Rootshield (trichoderma, Bioworks)	Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium, Thielaviopsis