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Agricultural Science grad from RAU, Biosciences Masters grad from RHUL. Passionate about sustainable growing and integrated pest management 🐞🐝

Joined March 2014
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A quick video to show how we establish biological controls and how preventative establishment of predatory species can ensure pest populations are effectively controlled.
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Join us at @VitiCultureUK on Thursday 9th June for an action-packed event focused on all of your viticulture needs. Visit our Technical Team on Stand 242 to discuss the best products and solutions for all of your viticulture requirements. viti-culture.com/visitor/ #viticulture
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So pleased to announce the publication of my MSc work @harrysiviter @sphaerularia investigating using an LD50 study the interaction of multiple stressors with bumblebees one of their common parasites and the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam tinyurl.com/ycfb3xvy
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We're set up and raring to go at this years @Nationalfruit show 🍎🍏 Come and meet our team at stall S13! #GrowWithFargro #SupportTheGrower #nfs2021 #britishgrowers #britishfruit
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Join our Technical Specialist, @AlexMatthews124 in session at @FruitFocus on 21st July for more info on how data can improve your biological programme. Register: registration.gesevent.com/su… We look forward to seeing you there! 🍓 #growwithfargro #fruitfocus2021 #horticulture
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Highlighting the importance of keeping ants under control #ipm
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Only a week to go @FruitFocus! 🍓 Join us at Fruit Focus on 21st July 2021 to visit our specialist team at stand 192. Get your tickets here: registration.gesevent.com/su… #growwithfargro #supportthegrower #horticulture #FruitFocus2021
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It's well worth listening to the #Potcast from the Syngenta Ornamentals UK team! Listen to Fargro's Chris Dart, Ant Surrage and Alex Matthews talk about Subdue, Red Spider Mites and control techniques across a couple of episodes! 🌱 #Horticulture
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Happy world #beeday 🐝 Today serves as a reminder to increase awareness of the importance of protecting & preserving bees and their vital role in contributing to the planet's ecosystems!
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Keeping those aphid populations down #biologicals #ipm
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A great example of how the use of banker plants such as this aubergine can be effectively used to pull pests from the crop #ipm
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Tune into our brand new Lockdown learning episode on new solutions for plant nutrition and growth with Sean Whitworth! fargro.co.uk/news/lockdown-l…. #growwithfargro #supportthegrower #lockdownlearning
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This week's Lockdown Learning video is on the monitoring and identification of diseases causing root rots in plants with Stuart Mills. youtube.com/watch?v=wtR2jSqW… #growwithfargro #supportthegrower #lockdownlearning #horticulture
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This week's Lockdown Learning video is on the control of vine weevil using nematodes with Alex Matthews: ow.ly/oESE50DJsGb Tap the link to watch the full video and subscribe to our weekly videos every Thursday! #growwithfargro #lockdownlearning #horticulture
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Really useful short videos for identification of crop pests, macro-biological species selection and IPM for effective control. Check them out!
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This week's #lockdownlearning video is on Controlling Spider Mites With The Use of Biologicals with @AlexMatthews124 Tap here: ow.ly/fT3o50Dxygy For more information or to contact our Technical Team call 01903 256 856 or email [email protected] #growwithfargro
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Anderline Aa (Amblyseius andersoni) is an effective preventative control for spider mites, rust mites, gall mites and young thrips. Fargro offers a range of pack sizes to suit your growing system, for more info please contact [email protected] #growwithfargro #ipm
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Over the moon with managing to achieve my BASIS qualification! Looking forward to getting out with growers this year when we hopefully return to a bit more normality.
A huge congratulations to our Technical Specialist, @AlexMatthews124 on becoming a fully qualified member of the BASIS professional register! Well done Alex! #growwithfargro #supportthegrower #BASIS
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Getting up close with some nematodes #IPM #biocontrol
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An example of female spider mites Tetranychus urticae in diapause. Control of this crop damaging pest early in the season can be achieved with the native spider mite predator Amblyseius andersoni which effectively targets micro colonies emerging from diapause. #IPM @fargro