Catégorie : Questions fréquemment posées

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…

After a mild end to 2021 we’ve rolled into a calmer and cooler 2022. Great news form a disease perspective and it’s also meant the phone calls and feedback has slowed down a little during the month. Although it’s been a little quieter on the phone and with BTME postponed there has still been loads…

What fungicide to use running up to Christmas Lots of questions on the build up to Christmas this year. November sat relatively cool read about that here…. well actually it wa just average but that feels cold compared to recent years. December seemed to be warming up so what fungicide should I use in order…

Acelepryn – whens it going to rain? Most of November’s conversations have been about ensuring Acelepryn applications have gone down in the best way possible. Many people took on our advice and aimed to apply Acelepryn around one month after peak flight (this year around the end of October / beginning of November) and rightly…

October has been a mild month to date with plenty of disease pressure and as always there has been plenty of questions about which fungicide to use. These milder periods inspired me to put this blog together looking at how the temperatures look when you break them down into hourly chunks. I put this together…

September really is a time when things come at you from all angles! August felt fairly quiet whilst people concentrated on keeping on top of grass growth and a bit of handwatering but September seems to have thrown everything at us this year! Most of my conversations have revolved around: Drought Anthracnose Dollar Spot Microdochium…