2025 Muck Grower Information Days
The 2025 Muck Grower Information Days will be held at the Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford (Muck Station) on… Continue Reading 2025 Muck Grower Information Days
Category: Onions
Controlling Onion Maggot without Lorsban
This will be the second growing season that Lorsban, or other chlorpyrifos products, will not be used to manage onion… Continue Reading Controlling Onion Maggot without Lorsban
VCR – Vegetable Crop Report – May 9th, 2024
The VCR (vegetable crop report) is a weekly update which includes crop updates, weather and growing degree summaries for various vegetable growing regions across Ontario. Continue Reading VCR – Vegetable Crop Report – May 9th, 2024
Onion maggot management without chlorpyrifos
Over the past 5 years, sterile onion maggot flies have been released at several onion fields in Ontario to see… Continue Reading Onion maggot management without chlorpyrifos
2023 Muck Grower Information Days
The 2023 Muck Grower Information Days will be held April 5 and 6th at the Ontario Crops Research Centre –… Continue Reading 2023 Muck Grower Information Days
EXIREL Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Allium leaf miner on Allium Bulb Vegetables
By Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA Note: Allium leafminer has not been detected in Canada. This label expansion was… Continue Reading EXIREL Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage Allium leaf miner on Allium Bulb Vegetables
ELEVATE® Fungicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage botrytis leaf blight on onion
Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use… Continue Reading ELEVATE® Fungicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage botrytis leaf blight on onion
2022 Muck Vegetable Growers Conference
The 2022 Muck Conference will be virtual and held on Wednesday April 6 (carrots) and Thursday April 7 (onions) from… Continue Reading 2022 Muck Vegetable Growers Conference
SELECT® Herbicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage labelled weeds on rutagaba, green onion, and leek
Josh Mosiondz, Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use… Continue Reading SELECT® Herbicide label expanded via Minor Use Program to help manage labelled weeds on rutagaba, green onion, and leek
Using fungicides for Stemphylium leaf blight in onions
Stemphylium leaf blight (caused by a fungus, Stemphylium vesicarium) of onion was first identified in Ontario in 2008 and has… Continue Reading Using fungicides for Stemphylium leaf blight in onions