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How to Acidify Your Soil

2022/02/15

Blueberries for example require lower soil pH, or acidity, than is required by crops such as raspberries, corn, forage grass and vegetables. Typically, highbush blueberries must have soil pH between 4.5 and 5.5. If your soil test shows a higher pH, what can be done to decrease it?

Do You Grow Organic?

2021/07/09

Growers shifting to organic production especially in regions where soils are quite sandy with low fertility, need to approach management practices such as weed control very thoughtfully.

Analyze That!

2021/07/09

It can be difficult to diagnose particular nutrient deficiencies/excesses in vines because various grapevine trunk diseases can sometimes display similar foliar symptoms.

Update on Japanese Beetle

2021/07/09

This article is about a new invasive insect pest that we talked about last fall; Japanese Beetle or Popilaria japonica. On April 8, recently, CBC News informed the public that...

Managing Fungicide Resistance in Blueberries

2021/07/09

Fungicide Resistance refers to an acquired reduction in sensitivity of a fungus to a specific fungicide. Fungicide resistance often develops due to repeated application of fungicides from the same Group on a particular crop.

New Environmental Management Regulations

2021/07/09

On February 28, 2019, the Code of Practice for Agricultural Environmental Management (CPAEM) replaced the Agricultural Waste Control Regulation (AWCR). What does this mean, and how does it affect us?

The Benefits of Stella Maris in Grapes

2021/07/12

Sustainably hand-harvested Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed from the intertidal shores of Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy is exclusively used in Stella Maris. Evolved in the freezing but nutrient rich water it contains very unique, bioactive components that when applied to plants allow for higher quality crops.

Nutrition in the Vineyard

2021/07/12

The most important elements in the vineyard are the three macro-nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, secondary nutrients calcium and sulphur, and the micro-nutrients boron, copper, zinc and chlorine.

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