I see many restaurant or food and beverage business that spend tens of thousands of dollars buying, building out and decorating a restaurant down to the last detail from the colors, furniture, fixtures, plates, glasses with the most spectacular menu, they hire a fantastic staff and select the finest ingredients.
Preventing sudden lawn drought issues in Florida’s climate requires proper watering, regular fertilization, and soil aeration. Consider using drought-resistant grass species and adjusting mower height to reduce stress on the lawn. Being mindful of weather patterns and following a consistent maintenance schedule can also help prevent dry patches in your lawn.
If you are like most people don’t realize that your Florida Grass is a living organism. She eats, breaths through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use light to make sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. If you understand how this simple process works you can work with your lawn to help it be healthy and happy.
The American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus), is the largest of the common peridomestic cockroaches measuring on average 4 cm in length.
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2 Steps To Control Chinch Bugs Florida first is to correctly identify you have chinch bugs and second is to select the right insecticide to control it.
If you have a St Augustine lawn in Florida you will get chinch bug it’s not a mater of if but how often.
The southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis its scientific name is a common insect pest of St. Augustinegrass.
This tiny pest is responsible for millions of dollars in lawn damage per year, as homeowners and commercial property managers seek to control chinch bug outbreaks by applying insecticides or replacing damaged grass.
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If you have flies in your sewer or drain pipes you most probably have Moth Flies, or Psychoda spp. Its scientific name. Moth flies are also called drain flies, some people call them drain gnats, because they are small little flies coming out of your drains in the floor or the bathtubs.
Because moth flies tend to live and bread in drains and may affect the health of human when present in large numbers also because the bodies of dead flies may disintegrate to form potential allergens. Moth flies are also nuisance pests because they land on people or fall into food. In sites where large numbers are present it can be very difficult to talk without swallowing them! Moth flies do not bite people or pets and do not cause damage to structures or plants.
How do I get rid of flies in my house, these flies cause annoyance and discomfort, and are considered a health risk to people and pets.
How to mouse proof your house with Xcluder Rodent proofing is one of the most efficient, effective and least toxic methods of preventing rats and mice from entering your property.
I will show you at least 4 ways on How to get rid of fleas. Based on proven scientific research using IPM, IGR’s, Natural & Synthetic pesticides.
There are several species of fleas how to get rid of fleas of which the most common is the cat flea and are known to attack a wide range of warm blooded animals farm, wild and domestic pets, including dogs, squirrels, chickens, rats and mice, and rabbits and humans.
In this article I will show you 4 ways to how get rid of mosquitoes with using Integrated Pest Management IPM, biological BTI, Insect Growth Regulators IGR’s and natural and chemical pesticides.
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This article is a comprehensive guide to complete St Augustine grass care.
In my ten years of performing St Augustine grass care for residential and commercial customers I have learned the secrets of St Augustine grass care and I will share them with you in this post.
The perfect St Augustine grass care is very simple and yet so many people struggle because they don’t understand 3 simple but critical principles in St Augustine grass care.
In order to achieve the very best St Augustine grass care you have to be able to understand how St Augustine lawn grows and be able to provide 3 simple cultural practices that are the key to a healthy, beautiful, thick and lush St Augustine lawn.
Lawn pests are a major problem no matter what variety of lawn you have.
When it comes to insect pests on lawns you can easily be overwhelmed by all the choices available with over the counter and professional insecticides.
Natural, organic, synthetic, contact, systemic are one of the class or types of insecticides available to control lawn pests.
First I think its important to understand what lawn pests are. Lawn pests could be an insect, fungus or weed.
Lawn diseases are the most difficult type of lawn pest to identify and control because they are commonly misdiagnosed as insect pests damage or are not treated with the correct fungicide. Yes lawn fungus are classified as a disease pest therefore fungicides and bactericides are classified as pesticides.
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I am sorry to be the one to let you know this, however you’ll probably find mice in the house.
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Do ants carry disease? When most people think of insects that carry disease they think of roaches, rats, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and bedbugs. But most no one I have ever met has ever expressed a concern for ants transmitting diseases.
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This week during a routine inspection on a landscape dew for a quarterly treatment I noticed the Duranta Gold Mound hedge was a bit bare and upon close inspection I found a few branches that had what appeared to be aphids so I brought a sample back to examine it under a microscope to confirm the pest species and here is what I found. I have never come across aphids on Duranta, but as the saying goes there is a first time for everything. In this article, i will teach you how to control aphids on plants, trees, and shrubs.
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The tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva (also known as the Caribbean crazy ant, hairy crazy ant, and Rasberry crazy ant). This little guy has more aliases than P Diddy Puff Daddy Sean John puffy Combs, The classification of this ant in the United States has been a source of constant confusion.
You may have noticed a lot of pest control companies and pest control trucks running around that say they offer lawn spray but there is a vast difference between lawn spray and lawn care services.
Duranta is one of those special and rare plants here in South Florida because it is one of the few plants that can be used as a hedge that has color combinations. But it isn’t without its problems one of which is severe infestation of whiteflies, I will show you two methods for controlling and preventing whiteflies on duranta.
When you see brown spots on Ixora leaves do you immediately think oh a leaf spot fungus, when in fact it could be a more common problem caused by…
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Is your water bill too high because of your outdated irrigation system? Are you irrigating too much, too little or you just don’t know? Get an Irrigation upgrade for almost free. With an advanced irrigation upgrade, you can optimize your water usage and keep your landscaping thriving without breaking the bank. Modern irrigation systems are designed to ensure precise watering schedules, helping you save both water and money. Don’t let an inefficient irrigation setup drain your wallet—make the switch today!
Lawn Stressed? We hear about how everyone I stressed out today. My boss stresses me out my job stresses me out my kids and on and on it goes, but have you listened to your lawn complain lately about how stressed out it is. Chances are you haven’t but the signs are all there.
Would you like to be able to perform a pest prevention treatment to your home with only one service per year that you can perform with a natural product pesticide that you will never come in contact with you for under $20 per year, yes that’s twenty dollars per year.
I get calls from my clients that have been with me some since I started in the pest control business almost 10 years ago, saying “you were at my house but you forgot to spray my hibiscus”. You may be asking why we don’t spray your property anymore.
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A palm tree fertilizer is very different than lawn or shrub fertilizers, palm trees have very different nutritional needs than other landscape plants.South Florida palms are under severe stress, stress from insect pests like the new spiraling whitefly which literally suck the life out of them to our soil that plays a huge part in the health and vitality of palms, our soils are known as Calcareous soils.
Do you have an ant problem around your home but you don’t want to spray the perimeter or broadcast granular pesticides, then a B&G Refillable Exterior Ant Bait Station could be the solution you are looking for.
Would you like to control those piercing sucking insects that destroy your shrubs in three easy step? Consider a Systemic Shrub Whitefly Control Treatment.
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Have you asked yourself whats that black mold on my plants? Black mold on plants its quite possibly it could be one of four mayor insects that have made there home in South Florida.
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