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Changes to tree felling regulations
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Read More >Pests in soft fruits, May 2019
Pests are beginning to appear on strawberries. Aphids have already been seen on strawberries outdoors and in polytunnels. Crops should be checked for pests and any treatments applied before flowering.…
Read More >Pests in carrots & parsnips, May 2019
Carrot flies are forecast to begin laying eggs in crops from early May. Crops that were sown with seed treated with Force ST (tefluthrin) will be protected from this first…
Read More >Pests in spring legumes & forage and vegetable brassicas, May 2019
Spring peas & beans Spring sown crops should be checked for pea and bean weevil damage. The damage is very distinctive – notches eaten out of the sides of leaves.…
Read More >Virus management in seed potatoes, May 2019
Protecting seed crops from the various aphid-borne potato viruses is essential to maintain the quality of Scottish seed potatoes, particularly in light of the shrinking availability of aphicides for effective…
Read More >Managing potato blight, May 2019
It’s very difficult at this stage of the season to accurately predict how bad overall 2019 will be for blight. Will it be similar to 2018 or will there be…
Read More >Pests in spring oilseed rape, May 2019
Under dry conditions at crop emergence flea beetles will potentially be damaging the crop up to the 4 leaf stage. Under damper conditions slugs will be the issue. Bear in…
Read More >Pests in winter oilseed rape, May 2019
With most crops now at early flowering the risk from pollen beetle is over, as they can access the pollen they crave. With most crops now at early flowering, cabbage…
Read More >Pests in spring barley, May 2019
Spring barley Check or aphids on emerging shoots as they could be walking onto the crop from volunteers and grasses, and some aphids have already been flying around this spring.…
Read More >Disease control in spring cereals, May 2019
Spring Barley Spring barley is growing rapidly but looking a little stressed at some sites, largely because of the dry conditions. Don’t leap in with trace elements without knowing they…
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