Exclusion is organic pest control and on today’s edition, we inspect a garage for gaps that might give bugs open access to a home. This kind of holistic pest control requires exclusion. One point to consider is that concrete outside of the home contains PH which will neutralize product within a couple of weeks. #pestcontroltraining…
How To Cope With Trials And Tribulations While Running A Successful Integrated Pest Control Business. Trials and tribulations are a part of everyday life. Running a business brings a whole other challenge to this. On today’s edition, the Pestgeek discusses the trials and tribulations of running a successful small integrated pest control business. Today’s edition…
On today’s edition, some more realities about running a small IPM company. The challenges of being a sole operator and running an integrated pest control management business can never be overstated. What happens when an IPM tech is injured? What are the challenges of hiring a new tech when one quits or is fired? Tune…
Some say IPM is rotating chemicals that are definitely not IPM others say is using multiple pesticides, yea that’s not it either. Now if you realize that a pest problem is going to be recurring and you use an exterior perimeter treatment but you do not apply anything on the inside unless there is a…
Why isn’t IPM Popular after 50 years? Integrated Pest Management Observational Pest Management Observational Biology Bobby Corrigan Assessment Based Pest Management Dini S. Miller Our internal Is Biological Pest Management All these terms are industry terms, that not even the industry technicians understand nor embrace. Changing the term from integrated to observational to assessment does…
What the Heck Is IPM and How Come My Customers Don’t Know Either I ask what the heck is IPM at all my training classes and to all my potential clients and I never really get a clear answer. It seems like every call I get from a prospect sound something like this “I need…
A Pesticide Ban Is Coming To A City Near You On October 6, 2015 Montgomery County city council in a 6 to 3 decision voted to ban over 100 active ingredients they have classified as toxic giving them restricted non essential pesticide in the county for control of lawn pests, weeds and diseases for all…
Caulking And Foaming As Part Of Your IPM Program In you are going to perform Integrated pest management you have to be able to exclude pests from entering the property and sealing with caulk and foam is a very inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of excluding pests. Sealing and exclusion is part of any successful…
IPM in Affordable Housing with Susannah Reese from StopPests.org Susannah Reese leads the StopPests in Housing Program at Cornell University’s Northeastern IPM Center. She coordinates the HUD and USDA inter-agency efforts to provide integrated pest management training and consultation in affordable housing. Susannah holds a MS in natural resource management and has worked in Cooperative…