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RE: [GWL]: New Rant Expanded

Fran,
The replacement system for IPM for the homeowner is what is called Plant
Health Care System, developed by a company that sells microbes and other
soil amendments.  They look at the total ecosystem around the plant attacked
by insects.  Since 90% of the insect attacks occur on plants that were in
stress PRIOR to the insect arriving, then the logic is to deal with the
cause of stress to ultimately reduce or eliminate the insect problems.  On
the other side, the goal is to give plants solid health care so they never
get stressed.  See their magazine on their web site www.planthealthcare.com.
It is impressive and informative.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: fran gustman [f*@juno.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 9:30 AM
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: Re: [GWL]: New Rant Expanded

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:04:04 -0800 Jeff Ball <jeffball@starband.net>
writes:
Monitoring is key to the success of IPM
> and
> monitoring is a completely unreasonable expectation for the average
> gardener
> much less the average yardener. Using beneficial insects works in
> the
> commercial setting but in the home landscape it is a waste of money.
>  Ants,
> spiders, and ground beetles, not found in the fields, are available
> in all
> yards to handle the pest insect problem better than any release of
> lady
> bugs.  The IPM principle of using least toxic materials is
> appropriate, but
> that is about all.

Dear Jeff,

I understand all the other points but what are you suggesting for the
home gardener rather than IPM?

Fran
Fran Gustman, Editor
HortResources Newsletter
New England Horticultural Resources Network
Boston, MA
fgustman@juno.com

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