Webinar: Eco Friendly Disease & Pest Management

Webinar: Eco Friendly Disease & Pest Management

Along with spring growth and blooms, also come pests! Before reaching for a spray, it’s important to prevent and reduce pest issues using eco-friendly methods. We welcome back Suzanne Bontempo and Charlotte Canner from OWOW (Our Water Our World). They will share tips on how to handle common seasonal pests in order to keep your garden healthy and happy. These pest management strategies will build a healthy garden and keep harmful toxins out of waterways. Excellent for all gardening levels.

• Welcome! 

• What is the OWOW program? 

• Waterways & Our Gardens 

• Introduction to the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 

• • Identification 

• Grow a healthy garden ecology. 

• Pest management for: 

• • Snails & Slugs 

• • Earwigs & Pill Bugs 

• • Citrus Leafminer 

• • Vegetable Leafminer 

• • Thrips  

• • Spider mites 

• • White Cabbage Looper 

• • Flea Beetles 

• • Cucumber Beetle 

• • Beetles & Weevils 

• • Mosquitoes 

• • Fungus gnats 

• • Fungal Diseases

• • Rodents in the garden 

• • Gophers 

• • Prevention for digging animals.
    
    
• Chemical controls  

• • Tips for using pesticides, including eco-pesticides.

• Online Resources
• Helpful Gardening Resources link

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