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San Francisco Landscapes
Casey Allen, President
P.O. Box 17018
San Francisco CA 94117
415-585-9137
[email protected]
http://www.sflandscapes.com
Services/Products/IPM Description
Range of Products and Services
San Francisco Landscapes corporation provides landscape maintenance, installation, and some design service. We emphasize using environmentally friendly landscaping principles.
Services/Products Categories
- Residential
- Commercial
- Landscape
Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
To minimize the use of pesticides and instead use methods that pose a lower risk to public and environmental health. Monitoring pests regularly and determining what kind of treatment to use. Educate clients to plant the right plant in the right place, and to go native.
How Pest Problems Are Identified
Our employees are knowledgeable in the area of pest identification. Pest problems are monitored very carefully before, during, and after implementing controls. We look for increases and decreases and changes in the pest population.
Tools, Practices, and Materials Used/Sold
Practices Used to Prevent or Control Pests
Manually remove pests by hand or rag. We also use gopher wire. Also by proper plant maintenance. Plant the right kind of plant in the right place.
Biological Controls Used?
For weed control we might plant a ground cover which supresses the weeds.
Borates Used?
We do not control pests with borates. We do clean plants as needed with insecticidal soaps.
Synthetic Chemicals Used?
No.
Top Ten Pesticides Used/Sold/Recommended
None. We outsource for pest control if truly needed.
How Much Pesticide Used Per Year, and How Applied?
None used.
Uses Physical or Mechanical Controls?
We do a lot of manual weeding as well as manually removing pests from plants, such as mealybugs.
Lawn Care
Type of Fertilizers Used/Sold/Recommended
Maxsea. Organic compounds. We read soil tests and follow recommendations.
Evaluation
How Effectiveness of Pest Management Systems is Evaluated
I believe the effectiveness of our pest management system is very good. We have occasional pest problems but are almost always able to control them without the use of pesticides.
References
We do not give out customer information, but we are signing up to be a green business with Co-op Amrerica and other like organizations.