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Integrated Pest Management for Trees and Gardens in Victoria
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an approach to tree and garden pests that weighs every control option and keeps pesticide use to a last resort, used only when a pest threat is serious enough. Oakstead Tree & Property Care uses IPM in Victoria, Saanich and the Saanich Peninsula, and Jon, its Certified Pesticide Applicator, can answer your questions.
In plain words
Integrated Pest Management looks at every way to control a pest. Pesticides are used only as a last resort. Jon can answer your questions about pests.
What is IPM? The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization defines IPM as “the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment”. It is basically an approach that minimizes the use of pesticides, using them only as a last resort if the pest threat is serious enough. Jon is our Certified Pesticide Applicator. He will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
If you’d like to schedule a viewing of your work or are commissioning private proposals in the Saanich and Victoria area, please give us a call at (250) 888-9222 or use the request form on our Get a Quote page and we’ll get right back to you.
Integrated Pest Management: frequently asked questions
What is Integrated Pest Management?
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization describes IPM as carefully considering all available pest control techniques and combining the right ones to discourage pest populations, while keeping pesticides to justified levels that reduce risks to people and the environment. In practice, pesticides become a last resort.
When does Oakstead use pesticides on trees?
Only as a last resort, when the pest threat is serious enough and other approaches will not work. Oakstead follows the principles of Integrated Pest Management, and Jon, its Certified Pesticide Applicator, can explain the options for your trees.
Who can I talk to about a pest problem on my trees near Victoria?
Call Oakstead at (250) 888-9222 or use the request form on our Get a Quote page. Jon, Oakstead's Certified Pesticide Applicator, is happy to answer questions about tree and garden pests and how an Integrated Pest Management approach could work on your property.
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We respond to every request. Serving the Saanich Peninsula, Greater Victoria and the Cowichan Valley.