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Ornamental Conference on 26th February 2019
Improving the performance of biopesticides in the production of ornamental crops. With more and more conventional pesticides regularly being removed from our armoury, biopesticides will inevitably play an increasingly important role in everyday crop protection in the future. In order to help ornamental growers to better understand the use of biopesticides the AHDB has brought […]
Latest Factsheet on The Control Of Downy Mildew on Protected Column Stocks
Following on from the work that the CFC has undertaken with column stock growers relating to the issues with downy mildew in 2018 and the subsequent sensitivity trials at FERA, the CFC and AHDB have produced a detailed fact sheet giving information about the biology of the disease and how it can be managed by […]
Week 42 (2018) Update
The Bulrush lily herbicide trial was harvested and assessed this week. There were clear differences between the treatments and the results will be reported in the annual report which will be available next year.
Week 39 (2018) Update – The End of the Season (Almost)
Most of the trials are now complete (except for the Bulrush lily growing media trial that has been moved into a glasshouse) and the annual crops have been cleared, the perennials cut back and the tunnels uncovered. The blog will now not be updated on a weekly basis and posts will only be added infrequently […]
Week 37 & 38 (2018) Update
The Fusarium tunnel has now been cleared with the poly mulch and dead plants put into bags and burnt, the soil rotovated and the cover taken off the tunnel. The week 29 planting of Ammi visnaga is now in full flower (see left hand photo) and the week 32 planting (see right hand photo) has […]
