| Spring is here and you may have already started planning this year’s garden. As you plan out your garden, there are some steps you can take to avoid pest problems in efforts to reduce the use of pesticides. Any chemical applied to prevent, mitigate, or repel pests (herbaceous, rodent, or insect), is considered a pesticide. Please use these products carefully and only as part of an integrated pest management plan.
What is integrated pest management?
Integrated Pest management brings together, or integrates, a range of biological, organic, cultural, mechanical, and chemical options for pest problems. There are many steps you can take to prevent pest problems and minimize the application of pesticides. This includes:
- Mechanical controls such as mulching, weeding, and/or improving drainage
- Cultural controls such as choosing the best plant for the right location.
- Biological controls, such as encouraging beneficial insects so they predate other more nuisance bugs
Read the Label – It’s the Law. Important information is contained on the label such as:
Resources
Want to learn more about how to manage pest, reduce pesticide use and have the garden of your dreams? Check out:
pestmgt or 518-402-8748. |
