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Prevent Rather Than Treat Infestations

By: Janellas Wadsworth

June is now considered pest control month in one state thanks to the governor declaring it so. That month is set aside to honor the pest control specialists who know how to check for and eliminate our insect problems. Also honored for this month is the reminder that all people must be equally accountable and aggressively pursue their own pest control ventures.

Some of the following steps to pest control should help you in this endeavor. Do not rush out and get a pesticide the first time you find an insect in your garden. While some insects look dangerous, it's not until they become mature adults that they'll start eating anything. They may eat garden mulch as larvae but once the insect is grown it will no longer pose an issue. You need to know exactly what insect you are dealing with before you can treat it like a pest. If you can't identify it yourself, you can get help with identification from pest control specialists, university entomologists, or the county extension office.

Before taking any action, find out what you are dealing with an what sorts of treatments might work. Some natural methods to combat infestations are fitting screens for your doors and windows, caulking around the home and cleaning out breeding sites, to name a few. If you are forced to use pesticides then use them exactly as instructed. Straying from the instructions could harm your pets, family or the plants in and around your garden. You will find that the extension service is updated on a regular basis, explaining which methods work against which pests, and how best to apply those methods.

Timing is key with insecticides, you must use them at the right time as well as the correct place. There will be certain insects that will not respond to your treatments unless you spray them on the undersides of the plant leaves. Others will only be affected if you spray certain fruits and vegetables, or the top of the leaves. With some types of insects, you need to spray as soon as you see them, before an infestation develops. Once the infestation has been stopped you should halt spraying pesticides, if you were to continue you would just be wasting the pesticide and harming the surrounding area for no reason.

You need to understand how the insects you are dealing with live and grow, because there will be certain species that are unresponsive to pest control treatments at different stages of life. The right timing does not just refer to the age at which insects are targeted, it also applies to the time of day, you need to be careful of weather so that the chemicals are not carried away on the wind to land just anywhere, harming neighbors plants, pets, family or perhaps killing honeybees. Honeybees are important to the spread of plants and vegetables in the garden, without honeybees an estimated 60% of your vegetables would suffer.

The majority of vegetables and plants bloom during the morning and close by mid afternoon. That is why spraying in the late evening will lead to the chemical drying up prior to any reopening blossoms or bringing in any bees. Be sure not to use any pesticides you may have left over from last year as most will have lost their effectiveness. If you think you can just apply more and get it to work anyhow, it still won't kill the insects if it's no longer good. It will not help with killing insects and will just harm your plants because of the stuff the insecticides are dissolved within being in contact with plants in a high concentration. Pest control operators are always on hand to help when you hit a wall with your own pest control efforts, they will be trained and equipped to safely and speedily handle any issue.

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