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Plantscapes, Inc.
Michael Nadeau, President
P.O. Box 320685
Fairfield CT 06825
203-382-0335
[email protected]
http://www.plantscapesorganics.com
Services/Products/IPM Description
Range of Products and Services
Plantscapes, Inc is a design-build-maintenance company based in Fairfield since 1980. We specialize in landscapes that respect the relationships between living things and their environments. Plantscapes, Inc. provides true organic land care and will soon be accredited by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT (NOFA) as Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals. NOFA is the same organization that certifies organic food. Michael Nadeau, one of the principals of Plantscapes, Inc. is a member of the Organic Land Care Committee of CT-NOFA that has recently created and published the first Standards for Organic Lawn Care, Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes. Michael is also a frequent lecturer on organic topics.
Services/Products Categories
- Residential
- Commercial
- Landscape
Definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
A method of scouting and monitoring to detect problems at their inception, enabling the land care professional to correct the problem when it is small and easier to control.
How Pest Problems Are Identified
Visual identification.
Tools, Practices, and Materials Used/Sold
Practices Used to Prevent or Control Pests
Traps, scouting, resistant varieties, removal of plants that are chronically infested.
Biological Controls Used?
Canola oil, garlic oil, sulfer, neem, beneficial organisms (lacewings, soldier bugs), attract beneficial organisms with plants and pheromones.
Borates Used?
Tick repellent, which dries them out.
Synthetic Chemicals Used?
Only during transition from chemical to organic maintenance, and only when absolutely necessary. The client signs a consent form.
Top Ten Pesticides Used/Sold/Recommended
Dormant oil (cannola); Soaps; Burn Out and Scythe (organic herbicides); Garlic oil; pyrethrum (organic); lime sulfer; corn gluten meal; bacillus thuringiensis; diatomaceous earth
How Much Pesticide Used Per Year, and How Applied?
Approximately 100 gallons D.O.; 25 gallons garlic oil; 1 qt. Neem; 8 gallons soap; 350 gallons Burnout; 1 Pt. Pyrethrum; 1 Qt. Lime sulfer; 10,000 lb corn gluten meal; 20 lb Bt; 100 lb DE
Uses Physical or Mechanical Controls?
Copper strips for slug control; netting for deer; hardware cloth for voles, mice around trunks of plants.
Lawn Care
Type of Fertilizers Used/Sold/Recommended
North Country Organics ProStart 2-3-3 Organic and ProGro 5-3-4 Organic; Crop Production Services 5-4-8 and 7-2-4 Organic; lots of compost.
Evaluation
How Effectiveness of Pest Management Systems is Evaluated
Scouting and monitoring, sometimes with traps.
References
Jay Hen and Kirsten Baker: 203-367-0127; Janet Rickershauser: 203-226-5734; Sally Stone: 203-655-3178.