Omafra Nursery And Landscape Bulletin

Over the last few years, pear trellis rust has been found in the landscape at several locations in southern Ontario.

Growers need to be aware of the cut-off date for drench applications of Intercept (imidacloprid) to treat outdoor-grown ornamental nursery stock for Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) larvae.

We’ve just made it out of a soggy and cool spring, with some climatologists forecasting the possibility of a hotter-than-average summer in Ontario.

Each year OMAFRA specialists participate in the minor use workshops in Ottawa, organized by Agriculture Agri-Food Canada’s Pest Management Centre (PMC).

Don’t be too surprised if we find some hot spots for white grub populations in 2009.