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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have had an <u>extraordinarily</u> bad year, too, for aphids and scales. The “sap drop” calls have been off the scale (no pun intended) and the season seems to have been extended. I would also be interested
to find out what other communities are doing about the problem. This has been a long-standing issue for us and we have stuck to our guns about not removing them or treating them (there are simply too many to treat). I just wish the problem would go away.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Shelley</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Shelley Vescio</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">City Forester</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thunder Bay, Ontario</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(807) 625-2473</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">svescio@thunderbay.ca</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Snowden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> October 3, 2013 12:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> canufnet@list.web.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] Aphid thresholds</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning all,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a trying year with a prolonged drought, we saw a dramatic increase in calls regarding aphids and issues with the accompanying honeydew. We are seeking input on thresholds for aphid damage on street trees to develop a baseline for
our IPM program. I have received information from a few neighboring cities, and have found varying responses that range from budget availability to number of phone calls. Most online information I find tends to lean towards agricultural crops rather than
urban forestry. We want to help educate our residents and spray only as a last resort but need a well-founded number to use as a baseline. City of Surrey responded that they use number of aphids per leaf…what are other municipalities using?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your help would be appreciated,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#365F91">Ken Snowden</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#4F6228">Arbourist II</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#4F6228">City of Abbotsford Parks, Recreation and Culture</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#4F6228"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">Phone:
<b>(604) 853 5485 ext. 5886</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">Cell:
<b>(604) 626 3945</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">Email:
<b><a href="mailto:ksnowden@abbotsford.ca">ksnowden@abbotsford.ca</a></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>‘To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, to live as a people, we must have trees’</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Theodore Roosevelt</p>
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