Integrated Pest ManagementThe Only Approach In Today’s Green World

Environmental Sensitivity

If you haven’t already heard about Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, don’t feel left out. A fairly new approach to pest control, the goal here is to provide effective control in an environmentally sensitive manner. Through several common sense methods, pest control professionals can help you manage the pest both from an economically safe and environmentally concerned standpoint. The best part is that it can be used in the home, your garden, the office, or even on today’s biggest farms.

A Look at IPM in Practice

Not sure how IPM might work on your property? There are really three basic steps to any IPM approach:

• Actionable Thresholds• Monitoring• Taking Steps for the Future• Control

Setting Actionable Thresholds

The first step to a solid IPM approach looks at your tolerance level. Your pest control professional will help set an actionable threshold with you. That’s the point where the pests or the conditions around your home suggest action has to be taken. For example, seeing one mouse near a tree twenty-five feet from your home doesn’t necessarily constitute the need for a full scale rodent team to eliminate all traces of them from your property. Understanding the level where pests become a real threat is key to the success.

Monitoring Pests

Once you’ve had a chance to talk with your Worcester pest control professional about when to take action, it’s time to sit back and wait. Together, the two of you will look at the insects and other pests that need to be monitored on a regular basis. This step is essential, as not all problems need to be approached from a pesticide standpoint.

Taking Steps for the Future

One of the biggest parts of any IPM program is to make sure you do not have a pest infestation on your hands. Your pest control expert will look at a variety of pest control methods, like sealing parts of your house, repairing damage from water leaks, making sure you have a well balanced landscape, and blocking access to potential entry points.

Control

In the event that you do have a problem, your pest control company will work with you to find the most effective, least risky method. They’ll work with highly targeted materials to come up with a way to eliminate your pests safely.

It Starts With You

An IPM approach depends on you. Choosing providers who practice safer pest management can help you avoid the use of dangerous pesticides, but you have to take those important first steps.

Making the Right Choice

Ransford Environmental Solutions Inc has been the name to know in pest control since 1896. Specializing in Integrated Pest Management, they’re the only solution. Call for a free estimate.