Tag Archives: Specialty Berries

Canadian Haskap Symposium – Oct 20 and 27, 2021

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Evan Elford

The Quebec Reference Center for Agriculture and Agri-food (CRAAQ) will be hosting the first Canadian Haskap Symposium in a series of online speaker sessions over two dates, October 20 and 27, 2021. The symposium will cover topics such as the … Continue reading →

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Specialty Crop Frost/Freeze Protection Update

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sean Westerveld

Weather forecasts from several different sources are in agreement with lows for tonight and again early next week reaching -3 to -4oC. Current indications suggest that the cold tonight will be accompanied by a breeze of around 10 km/hr. As … Continue reading →

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Fertility Guidelines for Haskap Grown in Ontario

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Evan Elford

There are currently no Ontario fertility recommendations for haskap. The following tables for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and lime applications are guidelines only and are provided for reference based on similar common crops and published research on haskap in … Continue reading →

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How Long Do I Run My Drip Lines?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Sean Westerveld

By Rebecca Shortt, Water Quantity Engineer, OMAFRA This blog post will show the 2 steps to roughly calculate how long to run a drip system. First calculate the plant water demand.  This was shown in my post from last week. … Continue reading →

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Small Plot Irrigation: Are You Applying Enough?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Sean Westerveld

Many specialty crop and market garden growers have small acreages in production and may not have full irrigation systems for their crops. These growers often rely on water tanks carted through the field, garden hoses with sprinklers or other watering … Continue reading →

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Dupont Exirel insecticide registered on several specialty crops

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Melanie Filotas

The DUPONT EXIREL insecticide label was recently expanded to include several new crop groups which include specialty crops grown in Ontario.  These include: Control of certain caterpillar pests, aphids and flea beeltes on Root Vegetables except sugar beet, Crop Group … Continue reading →

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