Seed Starting & Gardening Tips
Understanding Integrated Pest Management Strategies
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) helps you control garden pests with fewer chemicals by focusing on prevention, early detection, and targeted action. In this article, you’ll learn how to combine cultural strategies (crop rotation, companion planting, resistant varieties, trap crops, and clean tools), physical and mechanical methods (regular inspections, Beneficial Insect Netting row covers, traps, hand removal, pruning, and diatomaceous earth), and biological controls (ladybugs, lacewings, beneficial nematodes, microbes, and red wiggler worms). You’ll also see how to set action thresholds and use eco-friendly, spot-applied treatments only when pest pressure truly requires it.
