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Greetings!
Spring is in the air...let's keep disease-causing pathogens and insects out of it! Plants need special care in their early stages to avoid big problems later.
 This quarter we're highlighting our new BioPack™. It's the perfect tool kit for managing insects and plant diseases. We'll even give you free sticky cards with every BioPack order! (And these aren't just any sticky cards - they're yellow on one side, blue on the other to attract a wider variety of pests.) CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS! |
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Mum's the Word
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By Rich Reineke, Great Lakes Technical Sales Manager
 Mum season is all but upon us, with cuttings starting to arrive this month. You will need to protect these plants from insects and disease from propagation to finish...and it's a 3 month crop.
Start off on the right foot
Prevent root diseases right from propagation with RootShield®, and reapply when you transplant the cuttings to finished containers.
Control foliar fungal and bacterial diseases with CEASE® and MilStop® sprays. Try the CEASE/MilStop tank mix to find out what other growers are finding for better disease control.
Thrips - No Friend of Mums
Break the pesticide-resistant populations of thrips by adding BotaniGard®, Molt-X® and SuffOil-X® to your spray rotation. NemaShield® applications can solve your fungus gnat problems starting at propagation and will aid in thrips control.
Use the full tool kit of BioWorks products to get the kind of insect and disease control you need.
See our Mums/Pansies Disease & Insect Management Program.
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Springtime Foliar Disease Control
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The sun may come out tomorrow, but bet your bottom dollar you'll need protection from foliar disease until it does!
 As greenhouses are filled to capacity without enough room to space anything until the shipping starts, Botrytis and Powdery Mildew are just waiting for those drippy high humidity conditions so they can develop on their favorite plants.
CEASE is a great preventative for these diseases as well as bacterial leaf spots. This OMRI Listed product is safe on blooms and for the environment, with only a 4-hour REI. It is also labeled for use on greenhouse vegetables and herbs. CEASE can be tank-mixed with MilStop for added benefit, as many growers have found.
MilStop is a curative product for Powdery Mildew and a great preventative for many other diseases. It is OMRI Listed, has a 1-hour REI, and is environmentally safe. Use MilStop at low rates on open blooms.
Keep your plants disease free. Healthy plants make for happy customers. Happy customers make for healthy profits!
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What's a BioPack?
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 The BioPack is simply a proven, cost-effective tool kit for controlling insects and plant diseases, that is available at a special price*. The products work together (or in rotation with chemicals) to prevent pests and resistance. Choose which BioPack fits best for your operation: BioPack™ contains 1 case of each product. Mini-BioPack™ contains 1 container of each product. CEASE®.........(OMRI Listed)...foliar disease control MilStop®.........(OMRI Listed)...foliar disease control SuffOil-X®....... (OMRI Listed)...insect control Molt-X®........... (OMRI Listed)...insect control BotaniGard® 22WP.................. insect control *Contact your distributor for pricing.
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BotaniGard Approved in HI for Coffee Berry Borer
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 BotaniGard ES and Mycotrol O have been approved for use in Hawaii. Recently the destructive Coffee Berry Borer has infested Hawaii's Kona coffee fields. After 20 years of research around the globe, the only fungus recommended to fight the insect is Beauveria bassiana, the active ingredient in BotaniGard / Mycotrol O.
Visit Kona Coffee Farmers Association for more information on the Coffee Berry Borer. See also BotaniGard ES - Control of the Coffee Berry Borer.
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