Download the Toolkit: 2022 Spray Programme for disease prevention and control.pdf
This spray programme has been written for ornamental crops, products included within it can legally be used in both the production of outdoor and protected ornamentals.
The programme includes an elicitor, a host defence inducer and two bioprotectants and aims to prevent and control the main foliar diseases that occur on a range of ornamental crops. The frequency of spray application should be determined by disease pressure; when pressure is low a 14 day spray interval should be suffice however the spray interval may need to be reduced to every 7 – 10 days if / when disease pressure increases.
Download the toolkit: 2022 Spray Programme for disease prevention and control - Protected and outdoor ornamentals
An opportunity to review progress with an integrated approach to pest and disease management, hearing from the group on success and challenges.
1/21/2022 4:39:52 PMTyfu Cymru's Integrated Pest and Disease Management Network provides training on the recognition of pest, diseases and beneficial insects and will help growers to determine current pest and disease pressures and the need for their prevention and cont…
10/22/2021 2:35:16 PMIn the 4th session the Ornamental group lead by David Talbot we looked at limiting the impact of common Summer Pathogens and Vine Weevil.
6/18/2021 2:07:03 PMThe second session of the IPDM network focused on biological controls for the coming season with tips on which predators to introduce and when, plus rates of introduction for prevention and control of key pests within crops. Including tips on the IPM…
5/7/2021 4:04:24 PMThis spray programme has been written for ornamental crops, products included within it can legally be used in both the production of outdoor and protected ornamentals.
3/31/2021 4:46:47 PMElizabeth Stockdale currently leads the Soil Biology and Soil Health Partnership funded by AHDB and BBRO. In this seminar she draws on the findings from a range of sectors to draw out key principles for flower growers; and also share some of the spec…
2/24/2021 1:24:32 PMTraditionally ornamentals producers used to propagate much of their own stock, however in recent years some growers have become plant finishers; buying in all of their young plant material. The bedding sector in particular has specialist young plant…
1/25/2021 3:37:38 PMThe webinar covers the latest updates and best practice for plant protection in field daffodil production, with particular focus on disease and weed control. This includes an update on the performance of new and existing herbicides for weed control i…
1/25/2021 3:19:10 PMYour first line of defence against weeds should be cultural controls; no herbicide programmed will work effectively without good nursery hygiene
1/21/2021 3:58:48 PMTyfu Cymru hosted a webinar on sunflowers as there is currently a lot of interest in the crop both from farm tourism pick your own and the cut flower growers. This crop is relatively simple to grow and being a combinable crop has more options for wee…
12/14/2020 11:25:23 AMRecent losses of contact herbicides and increased restrictions on the number of applications and rates of remaining residual herbicides has meant that achieving the desired levels of weed control within both field and container grown ornamental crops…
12/14/2020 10:45:49 AMLavender can be a new and unusual crop that can be integrated into a range existing grower holdings, and it can even integrate well with other products such as honey if you have hives on site.
11/16/2020 11:29:37 AMThe Flower Farmer’s Year session looks at how Georgie Newbery - the flower farmer and florist who began Common Farm Flowers ten years ago, run their year. They grow about 250,00 stems a year for cutting, they are a retail business and have a very str…
11/13/2020 5:12:22 PMEffective pest and disease control should always begin with cultural controls, and you should plan all your crop management activities on site with pest and disease control in mind. A Dry Regime can be a strong foundation, and can help to limit the i…
9/30/2020 1:33:34 PMFocusing on pesticide application, how best to apply product to get the best results, how to decide when to start spraying – helping you to decide if it is best to wait until problems occur or should preventative treatments be applied, why we are inc…
8/20/2020 4:20:31 PMPlant Biosecurity in the Welsh Ornamental Plant Trade - An Overview from Dr David Skydmore. This webinar is one in a series of workshops and webinars comprising Tyfu Cymru’s Plant Health Programme.
8/18/2020 10:37:20 AMWebinar with David Talbot from ADAS on Integrated Pest Management for commercial ornamental growers in Wales.
6/29/2020 1:56:21 PMCharles Dowding joins us for a Q&A session with Welsh commercial growers following his walk through of No Dig Methods and Intensive Cropping in part one of the webinar series.
6/12/2020 5:04:55 PMIn the first part of this webinar Charles presents the benefits of no dig and intensive cropping with an online walk through of no dig growing covering all aspects from no dig polytunnels to planting, composting, multisowing and propagation.
6/12/2020 4:59:52 PMThis report presents findings from consultation with ornamental plant and cut flower growers in Wales regarding their immediate experiences of and responses to the Covid 19 (C19) crisis.
5/7/2020 10:59:27 AMIn commercial horticulture, plant pests and diseases (P&D) lead to losses in production and subsequent sales losses. This webinar gives an introduction, for the grower, to some of the more common symptoms caused by pathogens and pests and those produ…
4/7/2020 5:25:47 PMPlant Health Webinar: Diagnosis in Ornamental Plants - an overview. Delivered by Dr David Skydmore
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