Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Concordia Garden Group Meeting Went Well

Wednesday, November 11, 2010 saw Linda and Brian presenting a talk at the Concordia Garden Group in Kitchener. The meeting was their regular monthly gathering and was held at the Concordia Club ( of Octoberfest fame) on Ottawa Street South.

The topic was Pest Control of Your Houseplants and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). We worked through our approach to controlling insects on your houseplants under the categories of 1)Prevention by way of Inspection and Proper Cultural Practices, 2)Pest Identification and Damage, 3) the IPM - Inspection, Identification, Monitoring, Tolerability, Biological Control, Pest Control and Replacement and 4) Control what Products are available and Application of these products.

The emphasis is on using the least toxic method of control that will do the job.

We sell more houseplant insecticide products in February, than any other month; because the pests have come into your home in the fall to escape the cold and most people don't realize they have a problem until then.

Don't wait. Get them now because you will need them. Go to our webpage at www.plantsforall.goldbook.ca for an exclusive money saving offer on Houseplant Insecticide products that expires December 31, 2010.

Advice on treating your houseplant insect problems is always free.  Contact us by sending a comment to this post or email plantsforall@ody.ca 

If you would like Linda and/or Brian to speak at your group meeting contact us directly at plantsforall@ody.ca for full details.

Monday, October 18, 2010 - KW Garden Club Talk Well Received

Welcome back. Today, Brian was the guest speaker at the October meeting of the Kitchener Waterloo Garden Club held at the Albert McCormack Arena in Waterloo.  The talk was well received by 60 or so people in attendance. Due to scheduling  of other meeting components by the organizers, we didn't have much opportunity for questions and discussions; but we were encouraged and enjoyed the interaction that we had.  I was particularly pleased to have an email awaiting my return to our shop offering some constructive criticism and questioning some detail of my information. That's great and I would like to encourage that kind of 2 way communication on this blog.  Feel free to post a comment.

The topic discussed: Pest Control and Integrated Pest Management for Your Indoor Tropical Plants

• purpose - to become aware of the options of pest management for your houseplants
• Prevention through Inspection and Proper Cultural Practices
• Pests - Identification and Damage Considerations
• Integrated Pest Management levels Inspection, Identify, Monitor, Tolerable, Biological Control, Control Products, Replace
• Control - the Products and Application

Linda and Brian are available to speak to local area interested groups on a wide variety of topics relevant to live and artificial tropical plants. Contact us by email plantsforall@ody.ca for more information.