A few reports of bacterial spot in #ontag processing🍅. Efficacy of chem & biopesticie mngt tools inconsistent & certainly not curative shorturl.at/DRS29. Most fungicides for mngt of fungal (early blight, anthracnose), Oomycete (late blight) diseases = no effect on spot

With such a hot and dry season so far, this episode was a great refresher on getting the most out of your irrigation system from Water Quantity Engineer, Rebecca Shortt. "More Crop Per Drop" What's Growing ON? - Episode 5 onvegetables.com/2020/07/15/wha…

Student Positions Available at the Simcoe Research Station for August through the fall! What a great opportunity to learn about diseases, insects, and agronomy of field and specialty horticulture crops grown in the province. Applications due July 27th! onfruit.ca/2020/07/16/fal…

@kegoldenhar talks early activity of cucurbit downy mildew and Jennifer Llewellyn explains why we're seeing such high populations of gypsy moth in this week's What's Growing ON? podcast onfruit.ca/2020/07/22/wha…

Looking for something to listen to this weekend? Check out the What's Growing ON? #podcast hosted by yours truly and Kristy GriggMcGuffin. A full list of episodes covering a range of #Horticulture topics can be found here: onvegetables.com/podcast/ Also on spotify, apple podcasts, etc

What does barn ventilation, pepper weevil and niagara soil maps have in common? All some of the many cool projects OMAFRA summer students are working on this year. Great presentations students! Thanks for sharing!

Episode 8 of #WhatsGrowingON podcast focuses on resistance management. Hear from Kristen Obeid on status of herbicide resistance in ON horticulture & Dennis Van Dyk on the infamous Colorado potato beetle: onfruit.ca/2020/08/15/wha… #OntAg #IPM2020 #onfruit Cassie Russell

Compare 2020 precipitation and growing degree days to past years with the NEW weather dashboard! onvegetables.com/weather-dashbo… Select your county, select your year and modify the date range if required! #powerbi #ontag #harvest20

It is well known that the apple farmers in Ontario provide us with nutritious and wholesome food for our bellies, but did you know they also contribute a substantial economic benefit to the province? #ONappleAday

Congrats to fellow OAC Grad Students alumni @erikadebrouwer on her new role as Ontario’s Apple specialist! 🍎 🍏 #ontag #ontarioapples

Such an amazing array of vegetables grown, processed and packaged right here in Ontario. Thanks to all the hardworking farmers and folks in agriculture that continue to put food on the table for families across the country. #ontag #fieldstoforks

Meet two of the new faces to OMAFRA, Tree Fruit Specialist @erikadebrouwer and Maple, Tree Nut & Agroforestry Specialist Jenny Liu in the latest episode of #WhatsGrowingON. Listen to it on onfruit.ca/podcast/ or wherever you get your podcasts. #OntAg #onfruit

Very excited to share what I’ve been up to for the last few years. Nerves and excitement all around! 🫑 #pepperweevil #ipm #almostthere 🎓

Cohort Wholesale will provide technical, sales, warehousing and logistical support for UPL products. The agreement is effective September 1, 2021. UPL Scott Hodgins #cropprotection thegrower.org/news/upl-partn…

Join us on Tuesday for a free, live webinar, #sponsored by Cohort Wholesale! Nichino America's Dr. James Adams will share insights on powdery mildew, how to combat it, and a new fungicide option. Register today at buff.ly/3onjRv6

In January I made a goal to post more on Twitter… well it’s June and here’s my first post for the year. 🤷‍♀️ Anyways, here’s a #beneficial midge larvae going to work on some aphids in an 🍎 orchard. #naturalenemies #ipm

Huge thanks to all the host growers and organizers of the young apple growers tour today! Lots of great info on crop load, spray technology, breeding and much more! Ontario Apples

Setting up a trial in #tomatoes today with a product that helps with water stress and reducing blossom end rot. These Romas are already showing some BER so I think we picked a good spot to put this product to the test! Looking forward to sharing some results in a few weeks 🍅

Congrats to Abigail Wiesner for a fantastic MSc. Defense today at University of Guelph . Your work on #BoxtreeMoth in Ontario has reached so many folks in the ornamental industry and has been so impactful. Well done! 👏🎓🐛