Advice on Home Pest Control

Agriculture is very old and perhaps gardening and pest control are equally old.

This industry is growing at a phenomenal rate. In the last five years the home pest control business has increased by half, making it a $7 billion industry per year.

With increasing frequency, remote areas are being chosen for the construction of new housing. Many people have a strong desire to reside in the woods or desert. When you're building in these areas where insects and animals live, it's their home. Only when they enter your home are they labeled as pests

What is pest control and horticulture all about?

Essentially it means decreasing or eliminating pests. Where Structural home pest control is the control of household pests, including wood destroying pests such as termites, or simply unsanitary insects such as cockroaches, insect pest control tends to be the control of pests affecting your plants, garden, lawn and/or soil. That can sometimes spill over into the house as well, but by and large, it's the garden we're talking about here.

Protecting the plants in your garden must be done in order to have healthy produce results. Once pests are discovered in the yard, the damage has gotten out of control. There are actually some things you can do to get rid of the problem.

We are trying to figure out how to control the bugs in our garden.

Both gardening and home pest control are considered easy and hence majority sees them as do it yourself jobs. To some extent, up to a point that is fair enough. To have control over garden pests requires the acumen of a physician: you need to know the nature of the pests and determine how far these pests have damaged each specific plant before you can ascertain the appropriate pest control technology to use. In surveys, it's been found that many householders don't bother to read the instructions carefully or feel the need to vary the instructions because they feel they know better.

As a result, insecticide will be applied in too high a concentration, which may be dangerous for you or your houseguests. Of course we are specifically referring to chemicals, as chemical pest control is still the predominant type of pest control today. Nonetheless, as people have become aware of the long-term consequences of using chemical pesticides, there has been a recent increase in research into more naturally friendly methods of pest control.

Periodic visits from a home control pest company is a must if you do not want to dirty your hands and yet still want to take control over domestic pest infestations. One advantage to monthly pest control is that someone should be looking at your house and garden for pest problems regularly. Monthly pest control has one disadvantage and that is the home owners are keen that PCOs apply a chemical treatment every month irrespective of the fact whether there is a pest problem or not.

It is astonishing to see the factual pattern of the pesticides used in the home and the garden:

1 A huge amount of pesticide is applies annually to lawns; typically something in the region of 67 million pounds.

If you have a surburban lawn it is likely that you are using a far higher amount of pesticides than would be received on the average agricultural garden

Prior to applying a pesticide, consider all possible consequences. Be careful! Overuse of pesticides may damage the eco system and kill the very insects that are keeping your 'pest' numbers down In the future, this will probably mean that you must bug bomb your home. Further, various bugs contribute to plant pollination which helps your garden thrive and flourish. Don't use persistent, broad-spectrum, contact insecticides like diazinon, malathion and carbaryl. Such products only work for a short time, and are even more likely to kill off the bugs you want around than those you don't. When their enemies are gone, pest populations may soar and become more of a problem than before they were sprayed.

Do you, the consumer, know just how dangerous they are to you?:

1 Twenty three different pesticides were found by the EPA in household dust and air, brought indoors on the residents' own shoes.

2. The US Geological Survey finds a large variety of chemical gardening products,  especially weed killers, in bodies of water near population centers, leaving no doubt that chemical products are harmful to the environment.

It's shocking to some people who feel we cannot live without these pest control methods.

Gardening and Natural Home Pest Control

We are convinced that the safe and successful way to control pests in your yard is through a natural balance of organisms in your lawn and gardens. Natural pest control protects you, your garden, local wildlife and the environment and, as an added bonus, it costs less than pesticides.

There are several methods that can be used to help eradicate gardening pests:

1 Physical controls like traps, barriers, fabric row covers, or repellants may work for pests.

2. Maintain several varieties of plants as bugs that wage battle against pests thrive well in a garden that provide these friendly insects the nectar and pollen all through the seasons. 

3 By preventing pests from reaching your plants, you can avoid the damage they cause. If you only see a few pests,physically removung them can sometimes keep the problem in check.

In summary, a lot of folks are in the same boat. Since pest control is a global problem, we hope this article has been helpful.