Archivos de diario de diciembre 2017

02 de diciembre de 2017

And now on to Wellington :-(

Sadly myrtle rust has now been spotted near the capital. Three heavily infested ramarama in the Hutt Valley. This is a timely reminder for all of us to be vigilant and especially those in the broader Wellington region - keep your eyes peeled we need to know if this is an isolated infection.

We have had some great observations today of beautiful ramarama, monkey apple, bottle brush, and manuka. Keep up the good work guys and spread the word. We are hoping to start advertising next week via the garden centres but feel free to front run us and spread the word with your green fingered friends.

Hope you are all managing to keep cool in this hot weather.

Cheerio

Steve

Publicado el diciembre 2, 2017 08:14 MAÑANA por stevepawson stevepawson | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

05 de diciembre de 2017

The warm weather continues

Hi everyone,

I was in Wellington today the sun was out, the weather was warm, and Oriental Parade had a few brave swimmers in the water. No more notifications from new regions by the MPI response team in the last few days but that does not mean we should rest on our laurels. So the current regions with known infections are Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty (Te Puke), Taranaki, and Hutt Valley. So if you are in those regions please take a close look at potential host plants. Those outside the known regions should also be vigilant as the Hutt Valley finding was a long way from previous records, hence we need to look closely.

Thanks to everyone that is participating.

Cheers

Steve

Publicado el diciembre 5, 2017 08:15 MAÑANA por stevepawson stevepawson | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

12 de diciembre de 2017

Myrtle rust reporter has been going 2 weeks

Hi everyone,

We are two weeks into the myrtle rust reporter so I thought it would be worthwhile giving a quick update on where we are at. So far we have had two reports of myrtle rust into the project one via the app and the other via the main NatureWatch NZ page. Just over 500 people have installed the app and about 50 have taken the time to log observations of potential host plants from the far north to Queenstown in the south. As a group we are slowly covering the country. with 200 observations of potential host plants that people are keeping an eye on. Not all observations have been of myrtle species and a huge shout out to the NatureWatch NZ community members that are helping people with the IDs so they know what they should or should not be keeping an eye on.

We are now on the countdown to Christmas so do encourage your colleagues, friends and families to get into the surveillance programme over the break. They might need a hand to get started so please take the time to show them how to login and use the app. Let's see if we can get our caretakers looking after 2000 plants after the Christmas break. A bit of a challenge but something that is achievable.

Regards

Steve

Publicado el diciembre 12, 2017 03:03 MAÑANA por stevepawson stevepawson | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario