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We pride ourselves in our full disclosure of our growing practices. We want our customers to be well informed as to what they plant in their gardens and what type of business they are supporting with their hard earned money. Although we are not yet certified organic we practice all of the standards set forth by the National Organic Program. We never use pesticides based on a spray schedule and use them only when we feel it is absolutely necessary. We monitor the pest population is our greenhouse and field plantings very closely and only when the pest population reaches a critical threshold do we spray. This season we will focus even more than ever before on the use of beneficial insects. If you ever have any questions about why we use a particular product please call or email us.
March 27th, 2008 - Sprayed all plants with Organica K+ Neem an insecticide/fungicide produced from the extract of the Neem tree.
March 29th, 2008 - placed 5,000 Green Lacewing eggs (Chrysoperla sp.) in small paper bags among the plants throughout the greenhouse. These predators consume aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, leafhopper nymphs, caterpillar eggs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies.
March 29th, 2008 - Released the pupae of the Aphid Predator (Aphidoletes aphidomyza) The larval stage of this predatory gnat-sized insect preys on all types of aphids even ones larger than itself.
April 17th, 2008 - Released 4,500 live ladybugs for aphid control. Ladybugs are the most valued beneficial insect for greenhouse or field applications.
May 9th, 2008 - Released 4,500 live ladybugs for aphid control.
May 28th, 20008 - Sprayed Milstop which is essentially a baking soda approved for use in organic agriculture to control fungal pathogens such as powdery mildew and botrytis. I sprayed one delphinium plant, a section of jacob's ladder and some veronica plants that exhibited the initial signs of powdery mildew.
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