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Contents tagged with hardy nursery stock
25 November 2021
This factsheet provides background information about the various types of chemical analyses available, guidance on how water, substrate and leaf tissue samples should be collected and managed to ensure accuracy of the results obtained, and offers assistance with the interpretation of the laboratory analysis results generated for each of the sample types.
17 February 2022
This factsheet provides guidance on how to minimise quality reductions in hardy nursery stock and herbaceous plants due to powdery mildew by avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by applying appropriate fungicide treatments.
18 November 2021
This factsheet describes the principles and practices of non-chemical weed control in order to help growers develop a more integrated approach to weed control on container-grown hardy nursery stock.
13 December 2021
These annual reports cover a range of small scale trials undertaken in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany by the Trial Advisory Council (VuB) based in Ellerhoop on a range of field- and container-grown hardy nursery stock crops.
14 February 2023
Read about bacterial leaf spot of hardy geraniums: prevention and control
9 December 2021
These translated practical guides from PCS, Belgium cover a wide range of topics including integrated plant management, lighting crops, cost price calculation and profitability, fertiliser use in ornamental crops etc.
16 November 2022
This factsheet summarises information on the biology of rose downy mildew and provides guidance on how to minimise reductions in quality by implementing good nursery hygiene, avoiding environmental conditions favourable for disease development and by the use of fungicides and nutritional products.
7 October 2022
This factsheet provides growers with practical guidance on how to achieve wet heat sterilisation of pots to permit their reuse.
25 November 2021
This Factsheet provides information on the leaf-spot disease of hebe caused by a Stemphylium species, it also provides information on Septoria leaf spot and other foliar diseases affecting the crop. It should assist in their accurate identification and help in the implementation of appropriate control measures.
20 March 2023
Read about the principal causes of winter damage and details of practical measures that growers can take to reduce losses.
9 June 2022
This factsheet considers the main elements of successful stock plant management in the production of hardy nursery stock.
17 February 2022
This factsheet describes the symptoms caused by these three pathogens, their biology, and provides a management strategy for disease control.