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Andrew Staudt, Owner
749 Woodside Drive
Wantagh NY 11793
516-826-2097
Services/Products/IPM Description
Range of Products and Services
A full service landscape maintenance and installation company that promotes the use of environmentally beneficial products and practices.
Services/Products Categories
- Residential
- School
- Commercial
- Landscape
Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
The practice of being able to diagnose, identify and monitor problems or potential problems and secondly being able to respond to the problem (not the symptom) in an ecologically responsible way.
How Pest Problems Are Identified
I scout properties using Growing Degree Days as a guide. I will tag a branch prior to treatment and note infestation before and after, or count larva per square feet (i.e. turf grubs)
Tools, Practices, and Materials Used/Sold
Practices Used to Prevent or Control Pests
Monitoring using Growing Degree Days and phenological indicators.
Biological Controls Used?
Compost tea
Borates Used?
N/A
Synthetic Chemicals Used?
Round Up (glyphosate), Merit (imidacloprid)
Top Ten Pesticides Used/Sold/Recommended
Insecticidal soap, horticultural oil, Round up (glyphosate), and Merit (imidacloprid).
How Much Pesticide Used Per Year, and How Applied?
Used on an as-needed basis, applied with a backpack sprayer.
Uses Physical or Mechanical Controls?
We do hand pulling of weeds in turf when practical. Recommendation is to lower soil nitrate level with aerobic compost tea and natural fertilizers. Also increase calcium in soil, corn gluten.
Lawn Care
Type of Fertilizers Used/Sold/Recommended
North Country Organics Pro-Gro or Plant Health Care Healthy Start. Major nutrient improvements from compost and compost tea.
Evaluation
How Effectiveness of Pest Management Systems is Evaluated
Weekly monitoring when infestations or outbreak are high quickly tell us how effective treatment was.
References
Dr. Richard Goldstein, Merrick, NY; Rita Condron, Westbury, NY.