Tree-Felling Safety For Outdoor Professionals
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Free Asian Long-Horned Beetle Webinar From EPA Center Of Integrated Pest Managment
The Asian Long-Horned Beetle is an invasive insect that is harmful to America’s hardwood forests. Boring into hardwoods, this invasive insect weakens the trunks of these trees and can lead to their decline. This beetle has spread throughout the U.S. and can damage natural and recreational resources. The U.S. ...
Scaling Back Tree Scale
Improve control with identification, timing, and pesticide selection. Although visible only as small bumps on leaves, twigs, and branches, scale insects are one of the most problematic pests in urban landscapes and nurseries. When outbreaks of scales occur, plants can lose their vigor, become unsightly, or even die. Heavy infestations ...
Journey To Sustainability
Recently, I had a chance to reflect on my 30 years in the Green Industry. I was preparing a presentation and intended to speak on the recent passing of two environmental icons (one who coined the term “biodiversity”) and their influence on McCoy Horticultural, and other companies like ours, that ...
Do You Know Your EIQs?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is widely accepted as the best way to balance pest control with environmental considerations. Through IPM, pesticides are avoided until monitoring, identification, history, and action thresholds indicate that pest control is required. At that point, a good IPM program evaluates the proper control method both for ...
Putting Pesticides In Place
It’s never too late to start thinking ahead when it comes to pest management strategies for your clients. Planning and preparing this fall and winter means you can proactively offer these services to your clients and fill your schedule with work in the spring. However, if pest management is something ...
