Category: Frequently Asked Questions

Here’s the July 2022 Monthly FAQ blog. A run through of the questions that get thrown my way during the month. After all, if one person asks the question a lot of other people are thinking the same. It’s been a fairly quite month this July, I suspect the decent growing conditions at the beginning…

Chafers Lots of questions about chafer ID’s this month – the Welsh Chafer seems to have been a particular favorite in my Whatsapp inbox this month. That could be a climatic thing or an unfamiliarity thing. Not sure? PestTracker sightings for Chafer have been particularly low this year but followed the normal pattern, the timings…

Acelepryn EA The big news for May 22 was the emergency authorisation for the use on Chafers. Details can be found here … We continue to apply for the full registration approval but in the meantime we are pleased to be able to access use in this way. Its around this time of the year…

If I think back to April 2021, and read through Last year’s April FAQ’s I’m reminded that April last year was cold and dry and LeatherJackets were in full attack mode. Well here we are, one year later and I’m mostly talking to people about how cold and dry and cold it is and how…

GDD Calculator With some pleasant weather behind us attention turns to the Growth Degree Day Calculator and as always there are questions! Should I start with Primo yet (Yes, if your growing, start low and use GDD to gauge next application) What base temperature to use The calculator is wrong (blog below) Wetting agents penetrant…

So, what have people been asking me this month? Mainly who’s Sean and where am I going? If none of that makes any sense then it’s worth having a read of this ………. Sean joins the team with a strong field trials background which nicely compliments both Dan and my experience. We’re really looking forward…