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Don’t Freak Out Over Pests
This article was written specifically for home gardeners, those in particular whose financial well being doesn’t depend on the success of a given crop. In many ways the general idea of this — the whole concept of not freaking out over pests — applies to all, but this post has narrower focus. Commercial growers, for obvious economic reasons, must take pests very seriously. We’ve worked with commercial growers for years, but the rest of us, the majority, those who toil in the garden or tend a lawn, can and should relax a bit.
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Did Someone Say Recession?
Word has it that a new trend is afoot. It’s called a recession by the press, and it’s a state of being that begins as simple pessimism. Individuals and business have a reason to be pessimistic, but they learn it from the press — whom the general public, apparently, regards as the pundits of pessimism. Let’s face it, bad news and unrest sells.
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Should Interiorscapers Tell All?
The number of times we’ve been asked if interiorscapers should reveal to their clients what they are doing to control pests is nothing short of surprising. Is honesty in short supply in the interiorscape industry? No, that can’t be it. So what is the issue that makes interiorscapers ask this? Well, it can probably be summed up in two words: Client acceptance.
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The Night the Lacewings Invaded
We recently shared a story about some problematic Crypts in a doctor’s office. We noted in the article that the occurrence of rogue beneficials was rare and that we had “one similar story.” Well, this is it. This time, though, it’s not Crypts hogging the limelight, but lacewings (Chrysoperla spp.) instead. Here’s what happened:
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Can Crypts be Problematic in Interiorscapes?
We are often asked this very question. And invariably the answer is the same: yes, Crypts, like many biocontrols, can be a problem — we won’t lie — but it is an improbable possibility and actually quite atypical. In fact, as of the time of this writing, we’ve only heard of one issue with using them. In this rare case, it was in a doctor’s office reception area/waiting room. It happened like this:
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End Bug-Seller Shuck and Jive
We talk to maybe fifteen to twenty people per year who had already taken the plunge into biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management (IPM), failed at it, dropped out, but are back to give it another go because they like the quantity and perceived quality of our supporting information. They felt they weren’t given enough info when they dealt with their previous beneficial insect supplier. That’s what they know. What they don’t know, as we sometimes learn, runs deeper and is more damaging still.
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