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Andy |
Nicholls |
Phone: |
206-770-7879 |
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Service
Categories: |
structural |
commercial |
school |
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landscape
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residential |
golf
course |
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other: |
Biomedical/Pharmaceutical. |
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Ecoyards is
a Seattle landscape company that provides complete lawn and landscape
services with an emphasis on quality customer service and environmental
responsibility. |
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What
is your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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Identifying the
problem and then trying less-toxic methods of getting rid of it. |
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Is pest management performed on a specific schedule? |
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We inspect properties
for pest problems on a monthly basis. We identify the problem and
then try the least toxic methods for getting rid of it. |
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How
are pest problems identified? |
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Visual inspections,
some samples are submitted to the King County Master Gardener program
for lab analysis. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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Many cultural
controls, we build healthy soil to build healthy plants. |
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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Not that
we can think of. |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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What
are the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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We haven't had
to use pesticides in the past 3 years. |
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Does
your company perform habitat modification? |
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We've tried attracting
benificials to control aphids, but decided that blasting with a garden
hose was best. |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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Sticky tape on
rhodys to prevent root weevil, proper pruning of shrubs to increase
circulation, blasting aphids with garden hose. |
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What
type of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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We only use locally
made organic fertilizers. |
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What
do you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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By closely monitoring
pest problems and keeping organized records on progress. |
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Tiara Dillworth
- tiara@washington.edu, Kathrin Pryde - kpryde@gmail.com. |
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