Tobacco Insect Control and Transplant Water Treatments
Tobacco growers often apply insecticides in the greenhouse or at transplant to preventatively manage populations of green peach aphids …
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NC State Extension, NC State University
What to Watch For: How Should North Carolina Strawberry Growers Plan for Spotted Wing Drosophila?
A few growers are starting to harvest strawberries in North Carolina, and as fruit ripen, now is the time …
What to Watch For: Strawberry Clippers Active in Central North Carolina (April 2014)
This year, we’ve begun a project to determine the frequency and significance of strawberry clipper damage in annual plasticulture …
Do It Yourself - Grape Root Borer Monitoring (March 2014)
This afternoon, I’m heading to Duplin County to visit a group of muscadine grape growers and to talk about …
Incorporating Sustainable Practices Into Plasticulture Strawberry Production Webinar - March 11
Update, March 21: Thanks to all who participated in the webinar! We had some great questions and we enjoyed your …
Seeking Sites to Monitor Strawberry Clipper!
Thanks to those who contacted us! We have identified our 10 monitoring sites in NC for 2014. This spring, we …
Video: The Use of Beneficial Soil Inoculants for Strawberry Tip Production
Guest post by Amanda McWhirt, graduate student in the NC State University Crop Sciences Department. While planting for next season …
Time to Think About Sampling Spider Mites in Strawberries
While it is still cool outside, February is the time of year when North Carolina strawberry growers should begin …
A Surprising Cause of Holes in Pruned Canes
Several years ago, I posted information on NC Small Fruit & Specialty Crop IPM blog about the many “boring” …