On this page the following entry/entries were made in “2005.” Check out other years in our Archives.
Bug Blog Archives for “2005”
2006 Catalog Available
Our 2006 Green Methods Catalog is back from the printers and ready for distribution. If you’re already on our mailing list, your catalog has been sent… expect to see it shortly. If you’ve recently requested a catalog, yours will be sent via first class mail tomorrow (all except one fellow from Oregon, we think, whose catalog request got lost forever in a deluge of spam, sorry). If you aren’t on our list and haven’t yet requested one, please feel free to do so by way of our contact form.
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Our 2005 Holiday Schedule
Happy Holidays to One and All! We’ll see you in 2006. Be safe.
The holiday season is here and The Green Spot is celebrating. As usual, we will take some time off to spend with our families. So that you’re not inconvenienced by our all-too-brief holiday closure, here’s a heads-up of our schedule that you can refer to.
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Backing the Little Guy
Unfortunately the little guys, the individual growers, even some multi-generational family operations, are paying the ultimate price
Every week we talk to many people who dabble in the world of professional horticulture. This includes a vast array spanning multiple industries. Doing this, as we always have, exposes us to a lot of common ground feelings, trends, concerns, fears, and gripes.
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New White Grub Nematode
S. scarabaei is highly effective as a curative white grub control.
We received an email today from Gary Fish, of the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, concerning a new highly-pathogenic and -specific white grub-killing nematode: Steinernema scarabaei. Mr. Fish was looking for production sources. With a motto of “Think First, Spray Last,” the Maine State Government is excited to have yet another tool at their disposal to help Maine growers manage pests without poisons — the lobsters are happy about it, too.
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