With having a multitude of suppliers and being open to the wind at our location, pests happen. One aphid (yes you do not need a male) can produce up to 30,000 offspring in just a few days with the right temperature. Keeping with the theory that we want to keep healthy to all, bees and people, we rarely spray pests with anything stronger than insecticidal soap. We control different types of pests with biological controls, beneficial insect – bugs eating bugs.
Aphids – aphidius
Spider Mites – Amblyseius
Mealy bugs – Cryptolaemus
Fungus gnat – Hypoaspis
There are more, but these are a few that we release regularly. Using this type of system, you do not wait until you see a lot of any one pest, but release consistently to keep the populations up for good control. There never is a place that there are absolutely no pests, we keep them in checks and balanced in the most natural way possible. If we do need to use something stronger than insecticidal soap we follow all regulations and never spray Neonicotinoids.