Join over 70,000 readers and stay up-to-date with whats happening in the Farming industry. He correctly identified the application rate of Cheetah (fenoxaprop-P-ethyl) as 1 litre/ha, that the product was recommended for use up to growth stage 39, and that it could be used after Atlantis (mesosulfuron-methyl + iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium) Mr A Willett, of Lound Lodge, Witham, Essex, won 2500 of Kuoni holiday vouchers by correctly answering three multiple choice questions on controlling wild...

The pesticides bylaw came into effect at the beginning of this year and requires 24-hour notification with a lawn sign before a pesticide can be applied year-round. Tom Bird, public health planner of environmental health and lifestyle resources with Waterloo Region, said the most common mistake people make when it comes to lawn care is cutting grass too short. Or if a land exterminator determines there is an infestation of fungus, a bacterial organism, or a virus, pesticides can be used...

The part of the fungus that we see is the mushroom or toadstool that actually is just the fruiting body or reproductive structure of the actual fungus. If you have some wood chip mulch around your flowerbed or perhaps in a shady area, you may also notice little toadstools start jumping out of the soil. Since we've had some decent rains lately, you may notice an increase in the number of mushrooms that just seem to pop up in your yard. Recently a friend asked me to look at some strange...

These chemicals are often found in fertilizers that are combined with herbicides. Regular insecticides can kill grasshoppers, but their sheer numbers and great mobility, combined with strong chemical constitutions, require very frequent re-applications of strongly toxic materials. OK, they're technically not (yet?) locusts, but the grasshoppers on my little acre of gardens and weeds must number in the hundreds of thousands. One potential consequence of pesticide overuse is the evolution of...

Nutrients from fertilizers become unavailable during times of drought, and fertilizers create undue stress on many plants, especially the conditions our soils are under now. Unfortunately, we are entering the time of the summer that typically produces scattered thunderstorms, resulting in inconsistent precipitation throughout our county. A majority of Carroll County's lawns, trees and shrubs have experienced dry summers the last two years, and we are now entering another summer with a...