Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
Originally written in 2018 by: Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist – Horticulture; Wendy McFadden-Smith, OMAFRA IPM Specialist – Horticulture… Continue Reading You Suspect Herbicide Drift – Now What?
Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist – OMAFRA; Dennis Van Dyk, Vegetable Crop Specialist – OMAFRA In 2018, MS Gregson introduced a line… Continue Reading Evaluating Electrostatic Spraying in Carrot
Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Management Specialist – Horticulture Wendy McFadden-Smith, OMAFRA IPM Specialist – Horticulture Karl Soetemans, MOECC Pesticide Specialist… Continue Reading You Suspect Herbicide Drift – Now What?
Kristen Obeid, OMAFRA Weed Specialist – Horticulture Callisto and Command are relatively new herbicides to various horticulture crops in Ontario. … Continue Reading Re-cropping after Callisto or Command?
Jason Deveau, Application Technology Specialist – OMAFRA; Dennis Van Dyk, Vegetable Crop Specialist – OMAFRA In recent years, Syngenta has… Continue Reading Spray Coverage in Carrot Potato and Onion
Here is a great article on sprayers101.com about spray nozzle selection in vegetable crops. During my many years of work… Continue Reading Nozzle choice in vegetable crops – an Australian perspective
This is one to review and share! A very educational slide show from Jason at Sprayers101.com There’s been unprecedented demand… Continue Reading Spraying Dicamba in Canada
Despite the abundance of information available on spray drift, we continue to see widespread incidents of damage to a variety… Continue Reading Spray Drift: Why is it still happening?
Are soybeans or tomatoes more sensitive to dicamba? Are sweet potatoes or watermelon more likely to be hurt by 2,4-D?… Continue Reading How sensitive is your crop to dicamba and 2,4-D?
This is one to share with the neighbours. Every spring, we see way too much spray drift onto vegetable crops… Continue Reading Preventing Spray Drift