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Child's
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Craig |
Fritts |
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574-289-0680 |
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landscape
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golf course
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Child's
Play Organic Lawns provide the following services: Organic lawn fertilization;
natural weed management; natural fungus management; aeration/overseeding;
power raking/dethatching; biological grub control; soil analysis;
lime and gypsum treatment; delivery of our fertilizers for do-it-yourself
customers. We developed our own line of organic fertilizers using
all food grade ingredients, and offer a variety of full service treatment
programs to meet every budget. |
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What is
your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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Management
of pests using non-toxic methods to a safe level that prevents damage
from pests, and retains aesthetic quality. |
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Is pest
management performed on a specific schedule? |
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Pest
management is performed on a specific schedule only for weeds. We
use a natural pre-emergent weed control fertilizer in teh early spring
and early fall. If a customer chooses to have us perform a preventive
grub treatment, we will perform this service using a natural biological
control in the June time-frace. All other pests are managed on an
as-needed basis. |
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How are
pest problems identified? |
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We
perform an initial lawn assessment, where pest problems are identified. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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- Preventive
weed control using a corn gluten meal product in early spring
and early fall, and thickening up the lawn by overseeding.
- Corrective
weed control using hand tools, horticultural vinegar, and heat.
- Grub control
using a natural biological product.
- Turf disease
control using a safe natural fungicid.
- Crawling
insect control using a diatomaceous earth with natural pyrethrin
product.
- Mole control
using safe natural mole repellent, or sub-contracting with a mole
removal service.
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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Yes-
nematodes for grubs. |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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We
do not use any synthetic pesticides. |
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What are
the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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We
do not recommend using any synthetic pesticides at all. They are
unsafe and unnecessary. We do recommend the following type products:
corn
gluten meal, parasitic
nematodes, milky
spore, mole repellents with castor oil as the active ingredient,
and vinegar. |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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We
do not use synthetic pesticides. |
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Does your
company perform habitat modification? |
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Yes,
thicken up lawns through overseeding to aid in weed prevention. We
also strongly encourage our customers to adopt mowing and watering
stragies that ward off weed infestations. |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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Yes.
We provide manual weeidng service, overseeding, and power raking. |
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What type
of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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We
use our own proprietary natural organic liquid and granular fertilizers
made from food-grade ingredients. |
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What do
you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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dandelions |
manual
weeding; vinegar. |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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Mid-season
lawn evaluations; customer feedback cards; customer surveys; customer
calls. |
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Residential
and commercial references provided upon request. Testimonials can
be found at our website. |
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