Wednesday 13 April 2011

Pest Control For A Healthy Home

Pest control services are gaining a lot of popularity nowadays and the credit for all this is due to the awareness in people. Many of us are getting conscious about cleanliness and hygiene. Pest control is definitely a must-do, if your home, garden and office are infested with pests. These pests are a menace and they literally ruin the health of our lawns and gardens. The losses can be tremendous, if left unattended to. The services adopt the latest techniques and innovations for getting rid of pests.

If they are not taken care in the appropriate manner, they have catastrophic effects on the family's health. Pets also may get affected by pest infestation. There are a number of pest control measures that can be adopted, both organic as well as chemical based. The chemicals are available in the form of sprays, gels and powders. The organic methods are safe absolutely. You may want to check out for services online and invite quotes from them. Check out with friends and relatives, if they have hired pest control services in the past.

Adopting the right hygiene methods will be of great help to keep pests at bay. Make sure to get leakages and cracks repaired. A natural method of keeping pests away is to plant medicinal and curative plants like basil, mint, neem and lemon grass. The chemical method of involves boring holes in the wall and filling it with pest control chemicals. The effect is quite strong and you will observe positive results. Professionals appointed by services will provide appropriate guidance and advise when the is being done in your home or office. Just for safety, make sure you keep your pets and children out of the place, as there are greater chances of them attracting infections.

Once you have invited the professional to your place, they will be able to guide you and also suggest eco-friendly ways of eliminating pests from your home. Pests can be quite a nuisance, as they start spreading infection and also pose health hazards.

Pests like cockroaches, rats and mice have to be got rid off without wasting any time absolutely. When you browse the internet, you will come across many pest control agencies which offer pest control measures that are completely harmless. With so many pest control agencies mushrooming up, the rates of pest control have slashed down, making it quite affordable. However, when opting for these measures, just make sure that the quality does not get affected.

Last but not the least; we can summarise that it is practically not possible to keep our homes pest free. But, we can surely take steps to ensure that our house remains clean and hygienic.

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Tuesday 12 April 2011

Using of Pesticides and Insecticides. Some Reasonable Restrictions

Using of too many and too much pesticides and insecticides can harm your production. If you can't use them within some reasonable restriction, it might harm the human food supply as well.

First and foremost thing is that you should always use Agrochemical products belong to a reputed company. Unless you use these Agrochemical products within some reasonable restriction they can make a mess of the normal ecological system.

Just follow next few lines to get to know how excessive and indiscriminate use of pesticides and insecticides might prove to be detrimental for eco-system and your agriculture as well.

The butterflies and bees help to pollinate the crops when they go for collecting honey from flowers. But if you kill butterflies and bees at your spray-time your production must yield to low. So try to use them with possible restriction. You should pay attention on good quality pest-control products. Using of crop duster is highly beneficial in this regard.

At your spry-time and using time you should keep watch on different factors like:
  •  Your pesticides and insecticides must not spread out from your corn-field to other places.
  •  You should keep notice on your field water and wastes, so that pesticides and insecticides cannot mix up to other tanks through a trickle down.
  • You should not clean your pesticides and insecticides container in a pond or tank or in a reservoir.
  •  You should hoist a red colour flag to indicate that you have used pesticides or insecticides to your crops.
  •  You should set up a scarecrow to horrify other animals and birds to keep them away from your field.
Use pesticides and insecticides at the time when it is necessary for crops. One more thing you need to be careful about which I have already mentioned and this time again trying to spotlight on it. Always use good quality pesticides and insecticides belong to a reputed Agrochemical products manufacturer to lessen the detriment effects on environment and strengthen your production.

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Monday 11 April 2011

Pest Control , Termite

Many home owners have a very small unsuspecting enemy, the termite. Termites thrive on wood and most wood products which leaves most spaces in your home up for grabs for these insects to feast on. These small insects cause damage on billions of new and old homes every year and can cause costly damage that many home insurance policies do not cover. It is important to make sure your home is professionally inspected and maintained before they infest your home and the damage becomes too costly or out of hand. Keep in mind that one termite colony can add up to thousands, sometimes millions depending on many key factors inside your home and depending on the size of the colony, they greater the damage.

Once a year pest control: Many homeowners do not like to continually spray insect repelling surface sprays inside their home or wait for the bug man every month. Once a year pest control can be a very safe, effective, and timely way to control pests. Exterminators will come by once a year on the scheduled date and conduct a thorough investigation of your home, making sure to check all places suspected of termite infestations. If there happen to be any issues before your scheduled pest control date, certain businesses will come out free of charge to take care of the problem.

Moisture control: Moisture control is one sure effective way that exterminators face termites. Since warm and damp places are a perfect environment for their breeding, professionals will inspect your home and decide if there is a need to install vapor barriers and temperature controlled vents so that the atmosphere is unbearable for termites to colonize and thrive in, leaving you virtually termite free!

Save on Energy: Exterminators specialized in ridding your home of these insects can save you a lot on costly energy bills. Since termites can feast on any wood or wood based materials, they can eat straight through your walls and/or roof which can cause holes or cracks where your air conditioning may seep through, causing you to spend extra money on your energy bill.

Your home is one of your biggest investments so make sure the professionals you choose to work with are licensed and use top quality pest control methods. The longer the experience, the better the guarantee you have for them to get the job done. Don't settle for mediocre pest control.

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Tuesday 5 April 2011

Defending Your Home From Pests

Defending Your Home From Pests


At the first site of a home invasion of bugs, don’t run for the spray gun. First, learn a little about the insect and how much of an invasion has really occurred. There just may be an easy way for you to get rid of the pest without putting yourself, your family, or your pets at risk. However, if a showdown is what it takes, there are some steps you should take to keep your home environment safe and healthy for your family.


The behavior of certain pests can help you eliminate them. For example, if your problem is cockroaches in your kitchen, you can set out baits in the corners of cabinets or hide them behind appliances against the wall.  This is because cockroaches tend to follow along walls when they scout for food and water. No matter what insect has invaded your home, knowing your opponent will help you choose an effective and economical way to eliminate your infestation.


The pest may decide to avoid a showdown. Run them out of town by removing sources of food, water, and shelter. Most insects come into your home for these reasons. If the necessities for life are not there, they will go elsewhere. You may need to have a leaky faucet repaired and store food in sealed containers. You may also need to seal cracks under doors, next to windows, and around drainpipes to keep the insects from entering your home. Throwing out unnecessary paper boxes and paper bags can also eliminate places for insects to hide.

Use baits first because they are usually clean and have little or no odor. However, you must place them away from kids and pets. A child or pet may be attracted to bright colors or mistake the bait for a toy or treat. 

You may also want to try an organic solution that is less harmful to the environment and often has fewer odors. However, organic does not mean it will be completely harmless to you, your family, or pets. You still need to follow the manufactures safety precautions when using organic pesticides.


To get ready for the showdown, read the label first. And read all of it, so you will know how to apply the pesticide, how much pesticide you need, where and where not to apply it, and most importantly, what to do in case of an emergency. The special warnings not only tell you to keep it out of your eyes, for example, but what to do if you spray and it’s carried to your eyes.

Monday 4 April 2011

Pests And Pest Control

There are lots of pests in this world, and at some point everyone will find themselves battling a pest. Pest can invade our garden, our home, buildings; the list goes on and on. Pests can be bugs, plants or animals. Just the mention of fleas, cockroaches, dandelions, mold, mice and rats can elicit strong emotions. Pests present a health hazard to your family, pets, and garden.

It is important to know how to properly control these pests that invade our lives. It is nearly impossible to eliminate pests, but it is imperative to control these invasive pests. There are various methods of controlling pests; these can include chemical control, biological control, mechanical methods, or a combination thereof.
                      
Mechanical pest control is usually the most cost effective and if implemented before a vast infestation takes place can produce desired results. Mechanical methods include hand picking (such as pulling weeds) and traps (such as a mouse trap). Mechanical methods of pest control are usually the most environmentally friendly.

Biological pest control includes insecticides that are derived from plants or other naturally occurring substances such as microorganisms.

Control Pests From Breaking Into Your Gardens

Unwanted insects in your garden are just that: unwanted. Unwanted insects may eat and destroy your crops, something shared by any farmer or home gardener. Organic horticulture is a means of controlling unwanted insects naturally, without the use of dangerous pesticides. There are many ways to control garden unwanted insects naturally that are also cheap, easy and good for the earth.
                     





Protect your organic soil and beneficial insects
While pesticides may eliminate the pest, they most often cause more harm than good. Unfortunately, many home and commercial gardeners are unaware of alternatives to pesticides. That’s because s are a big part of our culture. Reaching for a quick fix—albeit a dangerous fix—is a deep seeded and detrimental habit.

Yet apart from damaging the soil and being a health hazard to people—including our children—pesticides present a major problem. They eradicate species indiscriminately, causing helpful garden co-habitants to disappear along with the harmful ones.

An organic garden with beneficial insects
Indeed, the fact remains that not all insects are unwanted insects. Any kindergartner can tell you that bees help flowers. He or she could also tell you that a ladybug is good luck. But more than just good luck, ladybugs are a highly helpful natural pesticide to have in your garden, feeding on a myriad of insect unwanted insects including aphids if you ever see little alligator like insects around your garden, leave them be! These are the larval stage of ladybugs. Obviously, s are not as intelligent as your average kindergartner—they kill bugs on a wholesale level while upsetting ecosystems and ruining your plants as well as your soil.

Are your garden pests resistant to pesticides?
Commercial farmers today have a strong reliance on pesticides. Large companies sell pesticides to farmers who use them on their crops. Over the years the unwanted insects become resistant to the pesticides and increasingly larger amounts must be used. So it is that the farmer pays more and more money and dumps more and more of them onto his/her crops-our food. The result is a coated crop and a pesticide resistant bug, a crop that is more susceptible to the insect pest.

Are you harming the local bird population?
Recent studies have been conducted concerning pesticides’ effect on local bird populations. Birds eat the insects, which have ingested the pesticides. Because the pesticide is an indiscriminate poison, the bird is targeted as well. Furthermore, if the birds do not immediately disappear, their eggshells become thinner and thinner and often break when parent birds sit on the eggs. This is a huge problem with bald eagles in North America. With no insects and no birds those predators which live off of the birds disappear too, causing a huge disruption in the local ecosystem which is never beneficial to growth of any kind.

Birds eat insects!
Encourage birds to come into your garden by placing a bird bath in the garden and by planting plants that will attract birds such as sunflowers. There are even perennial sunflowers that not only attract birds year round but, can also be planted like a hedge and repel deer and other animals. Helianthus maximillani.

Natural pest control is rooted in a vigorous, balanced ecosystem. Years of pesticide use may be so disruptive to a local ecosystem that the land may become unusable after only a few years. They remain in the soil and become more concentrated with each year of use, eventually rendering the soil unable to produce vigorous plants.

The soil can heal
However, there is hope. Some products like methyl bromide can be amended by simply adding organic matter to the infected soil. The result is addition of the organic portion of this pesticide to the organic matter that you already added and liberation of the bromide ion. At the very least, you can add organic matter to a laden soil to simply dilute the concentration. However, you can also look up the MSDS online for that to learn how to amend it.

Organic alternatives to pesticides
There are many natural, organic alternatives to pesticides that are more long lasting, safe, vigorous and generally effective.

One of the simplest pest control devices is a barrier. By covering a row of crop with a light netting (which allows the sunlight to come through) flying unwanted insects are effectively kept away from the plants. These are generally used for food crops. Cabbage can be protected from flea beetles and green beans from Mexican Bean Beetles.

Another simple method of pest control for a small garden is handpicking. Many slugs and Hornworms can be handpicked off of plants with great success. Drop unwanted insects into a dish of soapy water to kill them. Certain moths and bugs can be knocked out of trees with a stick; allow them to fall onto a large piece of cloth so that they can be gathered and, later, submerged in a soapy solution or incinerated.

Beneficial Insects Will Control the Bad Insects
Some insects like the Ladybug and the Green Lacewing are called beneficial because they are the good guys who are on the hunt for the bad guys that are feeding on your plants. Here is a list of beneficial insects, with links to where they are offered by an Earth friendly distributor.


Green Lacewings Chrysoperla carnea 
Green Lacewings

Green Lacewings are an all purpose beneficial insect that feed on insects such as aphids and other insects that will come and feed on your plants. Green Lacewings are perfect for a backyard garden, larger garden, or a greenhouse.

Easy way to get rid of slugs and aphids!
Certain varieties of plants are more resistant to insects. Some research into the types of plants you grow and the unwanted insects common to your area could prevent a lot of pest problems. Also, some plants themselves are pesticides. For instance, planting tobacco around your vegetable garden is an excellent way to discourage slugs and aphids!

How native plants can revive your garden
Buy local transplants to avoid bringing non-native unwanted insects into your garden. Add mulch and other simple barriers around your crops, check your garden regularly. Healthy plants are naturally more resistant to predators; just like having a strong immune system. All of these methods are natural and easy preventative measures to help you obtain a pest free garden.

If your preventative measures did not work, there are many, natural and organic plant sprays that can control unwanted insects. A mixture of Petroleum oil and water sprayed onto a plant is a natural pesticide that has been used effectively for hundreds of years. Many oils, shells and plant extracts can also be used as safe, effective, natural pesticides.


Natural pest control is a safer and, ultimately, more effective means of keeping a vigorous organic garden. With a little more knowledge it becomes obvious that the use of non-organic pesticides is not only ineffective but dangerous and irresponsible. By understanding your native habitat ecosystem and working in partnership with establishing a balance of beneficial insect predators such as ladybugs, praying mantis, and birds, as well as planting species that naturally prohibit invasion by unwanted insects, you too can have a vigorous garden by working in partnership with your garden.

Sunday 3 April 2011

Do We Need Insects For Our Garden?

10 Beneficial Insects For Gardening

1. Aphid Midge: These insects look like a delicate, small wasp. The larvae eats more than sixty varieties of aphids from the garden. You can attract them by growing plants with a lot of pollen and nectar.
Aphid Midge


2. Big-Eyed Bug: This is a fast-moving bug with large eyes and very small black spots on it’s head and thorax. They are usually found in field crops and orchards. The big-eyed bug eats leafhoppers, spider mites, plant bugs, aphids, and small caterpillars. This bug is a real asset to gardening.
Big-Eyed Bug


3. Ladybug (Coccinellidae): The ladybug ranges in size from 1/16 to 3/8 inch and have round red, orange or yellow bodies with black markings. They prefer gardens that have a large amount of pollen and nectar-producing flowers. The ladybug is fond of aphids, mealybugs, small insects and scales. The Mexican bean beetle is related to the ladybug but is not beneficial.
LadyBug


4. Minute Pirate Bug: These bugs are 1/4 inch long in adulthood and feature a black and white pattern. Fast-moving like the big-eyed bug and attracted to gardens where goldenrod, yarrow, alfalfa, daisies, and other flowering, pollen-producing plants are grown. They eat small caterpillars, thrips, spider mites, insect eggs and immature leafhoppers.
Pirate Bug