September 13th // Counterattack

Cultural Activity

We are fighting back the invading pests by releasing our first wave of beneficial insects.

Our first wave of predatory defenders consists of:

Stratiolaelaps scimitus, a small mite that roams the top layer of the soil and will help control the fungus gnats population by eating it’s pupae.

Dalotia coriaria is a rove beetle, generalist predator that eats all kinds of small insects and their eggs.

Encarsia formosa, a predatory parasitoid wasp that helps control the whitefly population by attacking and using their prey as a host for her egg.

Greenhouse Action:

Sidewalls:
Up at 12:15

Shade Curtains:
Opened at 100%

Irrigation:
Red on bench 2 watered with Mg at 12:15

Climate:

Weather : Overcast in the morning, Mixed in the afternoon
Temperature Max: 25.04° at 16:34
Temperature Min: 17.93° at 2:39
Mean: 20.74°

Humidity Max: 71.3% at 2:42
Humidity Min: 52.2% at 16:58
Mean: 64.10%