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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a process used to resolve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. This ecosystem-based strategy focuses on the long-term prevention of pests through a combination of techniques, including biological controls, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and resistant plant varieties.
Pesticides are only used once monitoring indicates they are needed. Baltimore IPM from Scientific Plant Service is designed to minimize the risks to human health, beneficial organisms, and your environment while removing irritating pests.
A crucial part of Baltimore IPM – Integrated Pest Management is monitoring your landscape. This is the first step in the process and includes evaluating your property to identify which pests are present, how many there are, and what damage they have caused.
Correctly identifying pests is vital to knowing whether a pest will become a problem and determining the best management strategy. If control is needed, this information helps Scientific Plant Service choose the most effective methods of pest management and the best ways to use them. Our knowledgeable and experienced team knows how to identify pests of all varieties and knows control methods appropriate for different species.
Pests are considered organisms that interfere with or damage desirable plants or landscapes. Pests can be plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, nematodes, or pathogens. A few common pests that require management include insects, grubs, ticks, fleas, moles, and bacteria and fungi that infect your landscape.
If you have concerns about the health of your landscape, aquatics, or trees and shrubs, contact Scientific Plant Service for the best control methods.
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This includes using natural enemies (predators, parasites, pathogens, etc.) to control pests and the damage they cause.
Cultural practices may be altered to reduce pest reproduction, dispersal, and survival. For example, changing mowing or fertilizing practices may impact how disease and pest-resistant your landscape and plants are.
These methods kill a pest directly, block pests, or make the environment unusable for the pests. These controls include traps for rodents or barriers that keep out birds and insects.
Chemical controls refer to pesticides. In IPM, pesticides are only used when needed and combined with other methods for more effective and long-term control. Pesticides are always selected and applied in ways that minimize their potential harm to people, the environment, and nontarget organisms.
Scientific Plant Service, located in Baltimore, is a privately owned corporation, chartered in Maryland in 1957 by Frank J. Burke. We started as a full-service Arborists specializing in the care of shade trees and ornamental shrubs, but today we are a Lawn Care company that is a huge part of the community. From aquatic environments and snow management to deer and mole control, SPS has services tailored specifically for your lawn and landscape.
We offer services in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia, including: Harford, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Talbot, Queen Anne’s, Calvert counties in MD, as well as Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church in VA. For more information, contact us online, or call us at 410-321-0970. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest.
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