Do you work in a greenhouse that uses a climate control system, sensors, automation or robotics? If you’re answer is yes, this webinar is for you. No matter the size of your operation, if you are using digital tools, you are a potential target for a cyber attack. This informative webinar recording breaks down what threats to watch for, how to protect your systems, and why it matters more than ever. This webinar took place at 12 – 1 pm on August 13th, 2025.
Category: GrowON Educational Series
GrowON Webinar: Managing Resistance in Greenhouse Crops
Speaker: Hannah Fraser, Entomologist -Horticulture, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)
Upcoming GrowON Webinar: Managing Pesticide Resistance in Greenhouses
Greenhouse IPM practitioners have to produce high quality plants and produce with a more limited chemical arsenal. We also have to deal with several key pests that are known to readily develop resistance to multiple chemical classes, including thrips, whitefly and leafminers. So how do we avoid an uphill run on the resistance treadmill? Hannah Fraser, Horticulture Entomologist with OMAFA, shares her decades of experience battling resistance issues in fruit crop pests with us in this next webinar.
Continue reading “Upcoming GrowON Webinar: Managing Pesticide Resistance in Greenhouses”GrowON presents: How to Use Light Spectral Combinations to Steer Plants
Exciting new research from Dr. Youbin Zheng (University of Guelph) explores how plants respond to different light spectra and spectral combinations.
This GrowON talk was on July 22nd 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST in-person at Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) and online.
Learn more about how to apply spectral variations to a diverse set of crops by accessing the recording and presentation files below.
Continue reading “GrowON presents: How to Use Light Spectral Combinations to Steer Plants”Upcoming GrowON Webinar: “A Pain in the Parvi” – Progress on Thrips parvipsinus IPM
Since it was first discovered in Ontario greenhouses in 2022, growers, IPM specialists, consultants, and technical reps have been joining forces to learn everything we can about what works – and what doesn’t – for this pest of tropical ornamentals.
Continue reading “Upcoming GrowON Webinar: “A Pain in the Parvi” – Progress on Thrips parvipsinus IPM”Upcoming GrowON Webinar: Comforting Lies and Unpleasant Truths about Pesticide Application Methods
Ever wonder why you spray the label rate of a pesticide, and you just don’t see good control? Does it have to do with your application method? Your crop? Or something to do with the label rate? According to Dr. Jason Deveau, OMAFRA’s Application Technology Specialist, the truth lies somewhere in between…
Continue reading “Upcoming GrowON Webinar: Comforting Lies and Unpleasant Truths about Pesticide Application Methods”GrowON Lunch and Learn: Dynamic LED Lighting and the Circadian Rhythm
Access the recording and presentation from the GrowON lunch and learn that occurred on May 12, 2023 (12:00-1:00 PM EST) in person and online to learn about the effect of dynamic LED lighting on the circadian rhythm of crops.
Continue reading “GrowON Lunch and Learn: Dynamic LED Lighting and the Circadian Rhythm”Cannabis Webinar on 4/20: All You Need to Know About Hop Latent Viroid
Hop Latent Viroid disease (HLVd) is a virus of hops, that has recently started causing serious issues in cannabis production. To help growers learn how to spot this disease and minimize it’s impact on cannabis yields, OMAFRA’s GrowON webinar series is cohosting a talk with Niagara College’s Commercial Cannabis Program.
Keep reading for how to register for the webinar.
Continue reading “Cannabis Webinar on 4/20: All You Need to Know About Hop Latent Viroid”GrowON Lunch and Learn: Autonomous Greenhouse – Improving Production and Sustainability
Enjoy this recording of the GrowON lunch and learn that took place in person at Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and online (March 20, 2023) and learn more about autonomous growing technologies.
Continue reading “GrowON Lunch and Learn: Autonomous Greenhouse – Improving Production and Sustainability”GrowON Webinar: Greenhouse Dehumidification – a tool for dealing with the carbon crisis
We hope you enjoy this recording of the GrowON webinar about greenhouse dehumidification with Dr. Jeanine West, environmental specialist with Flowers Canada (Ontario) and Marco de Leonardis (Freeman Herbs).
Continue reading “GrowON Webinar: Greenhouse Dehumidification – a tool for dealing with the carbon crisis”