Donna Palmer
In July we talked about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as an approach to preventing pests in the garden before they become a problem. Three things (disease triangle) must be present: the host plant, conditions to support the pest/pathogen, and the pest/pathogen itself. If management and prevention practices eliminate any one of those three things—no pest problem.
The underlying philosophy of this approach is data collection and garden management to minimize the pest/threat in harmony with the growing garden ecosystem.