On this page the following entry/entries were made in the month of “November, 2009.” Check out other months in our Archives.
Bug Blog Archives for “November, 2009”
Limited Time Horticultural Oil Sale
If used right, some pesticides can be employed as part of a responsible integrated pest management (IPM) program using biocontrols. For example, using horticultural oil as a dormant oil against orchard tree pests in the off season is a responsible usage. That’s why we’ve decided to offer this product during this late-season sale.
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Thanksgiving Message: 2009
It’s that time of year again. The holidays begin with Thanksgiving. And from there it all happens so blindingly fast. We want to get your attention at the beginning of this time, before you’re caught in the whirlwind, and give you our thanks. We survived another year — and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you very much!
Please read on for important scheduling and shipping info.
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Sticky Traps for Thanksgiving Sale
Some pests, like fungus gnats, for example, can be a pest at any time of year. Couple this fact with the fact that our up-coming closure for Thanksgiving will create biocontrol shipping delays, we decided sticky traps and such would be a good items to offer for our next sale. Thus, here we are, offering another sticky trap — and related items — sale.
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Problems Printing Our Pages?
If you want to print our pages and find you’re having problems, try clicking the ‘Compatibility View’ button on the very top bar of your browser […]
We’ve always encouraged people to print out our pages if they want to have a hard copy of some of the material on this site for personal or teaching purposes. Our copyright allows this. To facilitate better page printing we use a standards-compliant style sheet specific to a print media- type — it’s activated automatically when you print. Offering this isn’t a common practice, but doing so allows you to print proper pages without having to print stuff like our lengthy navigation menu and other non-content. Up until now this has worked flawlessly.
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Hypos on Sale for the Fall
Again deciding to go with what’s being ordered, we opted to put our soil-dwelling mites, Hypoaspis miles on sale. Use H. miles for the prevention, management, and control of fungus gnats and/or thrips (and maybe even some spider mites). Since they last a long time — even though they establish themselves more slowly than some controls — putting out these soil dwelling mites at this time of year is a very wise move. Now it’s a less expensive one, too.
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