Best IPM approach for southern california gardens?
Hi, I've been gardening for years, but I don't recognize the term IPM. What does that mean?
INTERGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. What every good gardener should know about and practice in their own yard. How to care for plants with or without chemicals. MASTER GARDENER sights, all State Univ coop Extension services and County Farm Advisor's offices have tons of free info for the public on IPM for home garden. Pest control from gophers to snails, ants to racoons. Disease control from soil pathogens to sooty mold rust. Prevention to control. When to and when not to... water, prune, feed, spray, kill, cure, avoid, prepare, stake, unstake, plant, dig up, conserve control every thing that moves or doesn't move in your yard. From managing weeds to management of nematodes. Frost damage to sunscald. Too much iron to not enough nitrogen. What is it how can I get rid of it? to what you need and how where to get it? Powdery mildew, fireblight, pesticides, sanitation, poison oak, biological control, spittlebugs, soil deficiencies, pests to galls. Your IPM info will cover them all. In your yard if you've done it, need to do it, want to know what it is or how to do, there is an IPM flyer or booklet waiting for you. You paid for the info with your tax money, so go get some of your money back via some good old know how? The real cool thing about it... they ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST ANSWER EVERY TIME!
