Posts Tagged ‘Organic Gardening’

Terrie Greco, B.A.; HLT Dip.

Following our blog last week, we received several  emails asking what nematodes  actually look like.  Here are a few pictures.  Keep those inquiries coming!

Nematodes- Steinernema carpocapsae

Nematodes -Steinernema carpocapsae – these nematodes have a ‘sit and wait’ style. They stay near the soil surface and ambush surface dwelling pests such as webworms, cutworms, armyworms (caterpillar larvae) June beetles and billbugs – to name a few. Most effective at temperatures between 22C-28C

Nematodes Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora These nematodes work on destructive beetle, moth/butterfly larva – even termites and ants! They burrow down about 7” and actively seek out these pests. They are most effective in warmer soil – I guess you could say they’re like our neighbours to the south!

Nematodes Steinernema feltiae

Nematodes - Steinernema feltiae – These nematodes tend to patrol the top three inches of soil and are most effective against fly larvae such as Craneflies and fungus gnats (to name a few). They are able to work at low temps as low as 10C. That’s chilly!

Biofloris is pleased to announce its entirely revamped website just in time for spring! Here are a few of its many new features:

• Faster page loading
• Easy to find products organized by category
• History of your orders in the Customers’ section
• Order follow-up by emails including shipment tracking number
• A pest encyclopedia which allows you to readily identify, for example, what aphids look like and what harm they can do to your plants, along with tips as to how to get rid of them
• Customer surveys to give us your feedback

Now that winter is almost behind us and spring is in the air, make sure that you make the most of this time to make a ‘to-do’ list:

• Take stock of your garden tools and vow to replace or sharpen old or damaged tools
• Determine which trees and shrubs will require spring pruning
• Look through garden catalogues for new plant introductions
• Finally – take a deep breath and put a smile on your face – winter will soon be a distant memory!

Did you know that in addition to keeping an organic gardening blog, we are also on Facebook and Twitter?… not only to keep you informed of timely and valuable organic gardening information but also to allow us to hear back from you, our customer.  We also use Facebook and Twitter to tell you about our special promotional offers. 

Speaking of which, the first ten people who join us on Facebook or Twitter starting today will receive a 10% discount on their next biofloris.com purchase. We will notify you by email (Facebook) or direct tweet (Twitter) with your discount code if you are one of the lucky winners.

Check out our new website now by clicking here!  You can meet up with us on Facebook and Twitter by going directly from our home page.

 The Biofloris Team

We are very excited to introduce Ms. Terrie Greco, who will be a regular guest writer to the Biofloris blog.  Ms. Greco is a horticulture instructor at Humber College in Toronto and an avid environmentally friendly gardener (brief bio below).

We are certain you will appreciate her expert gardening advice. Ms. Greco has asked that we strongly encourage you, our readers, to write and ask her questions.  We want to continue to engage in an ongoing organic gardening conversation with you and we hope you will keep those questions and emails coming.

Terrie Greco,  B.A.; HLT Dip.

Ms. Greco holds an Honours Diploma in Horticulture from Algonquin College and a B.A. in English from Carleton University.

Ms. Greco is a horticulture instructor and administrator with eighteen years of experience at both Humber College in Toronto, Canada and Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada. One of her most recent accomplishments consisted of the coordination and organization of two horticulture pre-apprentice programs in the summers of 2008/09.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Plant Science, Botany
• Pest & Disease identification & management
• Plant Identification
• Horticultural Skills (practical and lecture)
• Turf Management
• Manage coop and job fair for students

Ms. Greco also owned and operated a Design/Build Landscape firm in the Ottawa, Canada area from 1988 to 2000.