D. McLeod Florist and Greenhouse has embarked on an effort aimed at reducing the pesticide use in their greenhouses. McLeod’s remains a leading retail greenhouse grower in the area since 1902. The effort of Integrated Pest Management is a multifaceted approach to pest control that 
includes the use “good bugs”.
The greenhouses have remained bug free this year because of this biological control program of using good bugs to fight the bad bugs. This is the second year that pests have been kept at bay using this method called Integrated Pest Management. Central to IPM effort is the release of predator and parasite bugs into the greenhouse which prey upon the unwanted pests.
This biological control uses beneficial organisms to control pests. Since most pests have various parasites, diseases and predators that can kill them, beneficial organisms can be purchased and released into greenhouses as a means of control. This results in improved crop yield and quality. It has also greatly reduced the reliance on traditional pesticides. The benefit of using “good” bugs to attack the “bad” bugs is beneficial on many levels. Anytime pesticides can be reduced, it’s a good thing. Both customers and employees are benefited from this effort.
More information about the Integrated Pest Management approach can be found at the
EPA website.
This is great. I will buy all of my flowers there.
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