Tips for Maintaining Healthy Plants Through ShippingIt’s critical to consider strategies to protect your crops from diseases and insects as they are being transported to retail to ensure crop quality and salability. Be sure to make final fungicide and insecticide applications to protect crops as they head to consumers’ landscapes. This stage in production is also a good time to consider a plant growth regulator (PGR) to help plants stay uniform and compact on retail shelves.
It’s critical to consider strategies to protect your crops from diseases an...
Mastering Mum Production with Mainspring GNLMany garden mums are grown outdoors in the summer months, exposing them to conditions favorable for insects. To help ensure healthy mums by the time they reach customers in the fall, start scouting early to get ahead of insect pressure. Additionally, supplement scouting efforts with an agronomic program featuring proven products with broad-spectrum control for complete protection against common insects.
Many garden mums are grown outdoors in the summer months, exposing them to ...
Ensuring Compatibility in Your Integrated Pest Management ProgramMany integrated pest management (IPM) programs strategically employ chemical and biological tools to prevent or reduce insect populations to acceptable levels.
Many integrated pest management (IPM) programs strategically employ chemica...
Tips for Ensuring Healthy Mum ProductionProducing healthy mums can sometimes prove challenging for growers. Because many mums are produced outdoors during the summer months, these crops are highly susceptible to harsh weather conditions as well as both insect and disease pressure.
Producing healthy mums can sometimes prove challenging for growers. Because...