Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management

GrowActive Solutions helps farmers create a thriving ecosystem management strategy using multiple practices and

approaches that allow the plant to fend for itself while you grow clean.

GrowActive Solutions helps farmers create a thriving ecosystem management strategy using multiple practices and

approaches that allow the plant to fend for itself while you grow clean.

Why our services are essential for your gardening goals.

By matching pest and pathogens with their natural predators and microbial combatants we can lower pest and pathogen populations naturally.

Five Pest Monitoring Practices:

  • Walk around grow areas to record pest observations

  • Randomly sample leaves and examine the surfaces areas for any evidence of pest. (We recommend using the naked eye, jewelers lubes, your phone and, or microscopes).

  • Observe population density on sticky traps

  • Flag any "hot spots" and remove any suspicious plants from your growing environment immediately

  • Compare monitoring sheets weekly or biweekly - see which pest numbers are Increasing Monitoring is part of record-keeping, and will help your business respond quicker to problems, and keep pests. contained

When it comes to protecting your gardens, GrowActive Solutions takes a holistic approach to keep your garden clean and safe.

Four Factor That Matter

  • Accurate identification of pests/pathogens.

  • Accurately predicting the arrival of pests/pathogens and releasing/applying biocontrols prior to their arrival.

  • Effective release rates/multiple releases if necessary.

  • No preventive pesticide spraying! Beneficial bugs and regular compost tea applications that can replace your pesticide spray schedule.

SAVE UP TO 30% IN LABOR AND PESTICIDAL COST

SUMMARY

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN (IPM)

•Develop Protocols for your practices.

•Monitoring - monitoring & microscope training

•Companion planting

•Beneficial Insect application rates and schedule.

•Reports reviewed by our on-site

•Certified Pest ControlAdvisor (CPA).

•Determine what pesticides are legal to use