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Steven Ash, IPM-PCA Associates
Steven Ash, Owner
71 Clark Street
San Rafael CA 94901-3653
415-454-9615
[email protected]
Services/Products/IPM Description
Range of Products and Services
IPM Consulting and Training, IPM Publications, Licensed Pest Control Advisor
Services/Products Categories
- Residential
- School
- Commercial
- Landscape
- Golf course
- rights of way, public lands, government agencies
Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Decision-making process that uses monitoring to determine pest levels and set thresholds, uses cultural, mechanical, physical, biological and educational methods to manage pests at acceptable levels. Uses least-toxic chemical methods as a last resort . Uses monitoring to determine effectiveness of treatment actions and evaluate IPM strategy.
How Pest Problems Are Identified
Pests are indentified through monitoring and identification of pests. They are monitored through direct field observation.
Tools, Practices, and Materials Used/Sold
Practices Used to Prevent or Control Pests
Monitor, cultural, physical, mechanical, biological and edcational methods
Biological Controls Used?
Beneficial organisms and competitive planting
Borates Used?
Recommend for ant management
Synthetic Chemicals Used?
No.
Top Ten Pesticides Used/Sold/Recommended
Bt, M-pede (Potassium laurate), EcoExempt HC (2-Phenethyl Propionate, eugenol), AQ-10, Botanigard (Beauveria bassiana GHA)
How Much Pesticide Used Per Year, and How Applied?
Minimal amounts and as a last resort, applied as spot treatments.
Uses Physical or Mechanical Controls?
Yes, copper banding to exclude snails
Lawn Care
Type of Fertilizers Used/Sold/Recommended
Organic fertilizers or slow release synthetic fertilizers
Evaluation
How Effectiveness of Pest Management Systems is Evaluated
Monitoring before and after treatment actions have been performed and keeping records of monitoring activities to gain a historical perspective.
References
Debi Raphael, Toxics Reduction Program Manager, S.F. Dept of Environment, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-355-3711; Kirk Lemington, Resource Ecologist and IPM Coordinator, City of Santa Cruz, 323 Church Street, Santa Cruz, 95060, 831-420-5364.