Green House Treatment
Greenhouse Pest Safety
Retail greenhouses have many challenges for managing pests that are different from production greenhouses. Retail greenhouses are open to the public, usually for long hours and often 7 days a week, making the timing of pesticide treatments difficult.
These greenhouses contain a variety of mature plants ready for sale, often with delicate blooms. Plants arrive regularly from many different sources increasing the likelihood that pests will be brought into the greenhouse. Some plants are quickly sold while others remain in the greenhouse for long periods of time. The longer that plants stay in the greenhouse, the probability increases that insects will migrate to these plants.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program
Retail greenhouses should have a weekly, integrated pest management (IPM) program in place to detect problems early. A regular monitoring program using sticky cards and plant inspection is the basis of all pest management programs. Early detection and treatment will result in better pest control, while pest populations are low and before pests move throughout the greenhouse. Retailers will find through experience that some plants will need to be monitored more carefully than others throughout the course of a year.
When only a few plants are infested, plants can be moved and treated outdoors (weather permitting). Small infestations can be spot treated. Heavily infested and/or diseased plants should be promptly removed into a trash bag, tied up and removed from the greenhouse.
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