TREE FRUIT PEST GUIDES
Each year Perennia reviews newly updated pesticide labels referenced in our crop guides to keep the resources up to date. The tree fruit pest management guides for the 2026 season are now available. You can access the guides in several formats:
- The online tool directly on the main Perennia website (without an account).
- The online tool at Farm Data Tools (on your free account alongside other tools).
- The printable PDF files for the individual crop groups:
A larger-font version of PDFs will be available upon request (but it will be a MUCH longer document!).
The notable changes to this years guides are:
- Calypso is cancelled but Theme is available to use in the 2026 season.
- The new chemical thinner Brevis is available for apple and pear.
- Added new generic products and updated some product formulations consistent with what is locally available.
- Several biological options were added to stone fruit.
- Herbicides were reorganized and thoroughly reviewed for tree fruit based on tree age, weed types, and pre vs post.
Stay tuned for Perennia's annual webinar about the pesticide guide and pesticide updates in April. We will show improvements to the format of the guide introduced this year including:
- Direct links to pesticide labels
- Columns are now organized in order of chemical group, then active ingredient, and then product trade name. This new format is more conducive to choosing products to rotate and viewing product alternatives based on the same active ingredient. (Previously the guides were organized alphabetically by product name.)
- There is a new search function for organic products. All 'potentially organic' products are tagged as such.
- All herbicides are marked as broadleaf and/or grass and pre-emergent vs post-emergent.
EVENTS AND RESOURCES
Horticulture Grower Cost of Production Panel - Recording Available
This year Perennia's winter webinar series 'Getting into the Weeds' had a theme 'From Cost to Confidence!' In the final webinar we heard from local horticulture growers on how they track cost of production. They discussed their experiences in tracking and the processes and tools they use in their operations. Sam Lutz, Lutz Family Farm, shared excellent insights on the panel alongside Garry Hart, Vital Berry Farms, Marcel Kolb, Luckett’s Vineyards, and Jeff Orr, Six Seasons Farm. Catch the recording of on our YouTube page.
If you missed any of the webinars the recordings are available in a playlist From Cost to Confidence.
Marbicon Pesticide Training
Marbicon Inc. is offering the following in-person full-day pesticide training for April.Contact Jim Jotcham at marbicon@eastlink.ca for further information.
Pre-exam prep/review (T2664 / 5.0 points):
April 1 – Collingwood Fire Station
April 7 – Berwick Legion
April 15 – Millville Community Centre (C.B.)
April 17 – Heatherton Community Centre
April 21 – Colchester Legion Stadium, Truro
April 24 – New Germany Anglican Hall
April 29 – Little Brook Fire Station
Recertification workshops (T2669 / 5.0 points)
April 2 – Amherst Legion
April 8 – Berwick Legion
April 16 – Millville Community Centre (C.B.)
April 22 – Colchester Legion Stadium, Truro
April 25 – Maplewood Community Centre
Additional courses will be set up in May pending demand.
For more information and to pre-register, contact Jim Jotcham.
marbicon@eastlink.ca or 902-538-7101
