Insecticide  Safari Insecticide from Valent Professional Products is now available in a convenient 12-ounce container. This new package size is tailor-made for horticulture professionals who need smaller packages to protect ornamental plants. Safari, which has the active ingredient dinotefuran, is a systemic insecticide with quick uptake and knockdown. It controls a broad spectrum of pests, including Q- and B-biotype whitefly, hemlock woolly adelgid, emerald ash borer, mealybug, leafminer, fungus gnat, black vine weevil, glassy-winged sharpshooter, armored and soft scale and lacebug. Safari is also available for use on mountain pine beetle in certain states through a Section 2(ee) recommendation. READER SERVICE #50 Star  ter plants For the 2011-2012 season, D.S. Cole Growers is offering rooted liners of its mainline color items in a Slimline 52-count strip tray. These liners will be boxed to allow three times the normal amount of product in a shipping box. The price of the liners will be less than the company's traditional line, and freight will be approximately one-third the cost. For the coming year, the company will focus on mainline products including calibrachoa, petunia and verbena. READER SERVICE #51 Greenhouse lighting  Illumitex Inc. has released a full line of Surexi LED lights manufactured specifically to accelerate plant growth while promoting maximum plant size and vitality. The LEDs provide an optimal light source for greenhouses, indoor vertical farms, growth chambers and tissue culture labs. By utilizing custom wavelength combinations, Illumitex can create LED-based light content tailored to the specific plant species. With its Digital Distribtution technology, the LEDs deliver more light to the plant surface. READER SERVICE #52 |
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