| Greetings! |
Bugs are creepy, that's what most
people say. The bigger the creepier. Little tiny ones usually get a pass as a
mere nuisance but if you are one of those that find bugs to be creepy, don't
own a magnifying lens. Insects are actually amazing under magnification, once
you get over the fact that they look, well, different. I love hunting for them,
finding them, and studying them. Most plant life hosts a zoo full of bugs and
that is not a bad thing. Pollen is spread by bees and other nectar feeding
creatures as they move flower to flower, wings and legs coated in the sticky mass.
Without nature's first plant breeders, forget about your three servings of
veggies and fruits per day.
Read on to learn more about these fascinating creatures!
Sincerely,
David Liu, Corporate President
info@foliagedesign.com
www.foliagedesign.com
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"I WISH MY PLANT HAD BUGS! |
Some bugs are feeding on the
plants and
these are the offensive little miscreants of our horticultural efforts.
Plant
pests are on your indoor plants, as well as outdoors. Indoor
plants can have pests such as mealy
bugs, mites and scale, but continue to thrive provided that pest
populations
are kept suppressed. Your professional plant care provider should be
licensed
and trained in the use of pesticides specially formulated for indoor
use.
Some people with a preference
for a
greener approach object to the use of pesticides but such objections are
often
unwarranted. Many plant pesticides are
designed in such a manner as to only have an effect on the target pest,
while
having no effect on the host plant, other insects and you, if you follow
the
directions and use common sense. They are also designed to breakdown
quickly so
they do not persist in our environment. Pesticide development today is
as
sophisticated as the pharmaceutical industry and many brilliant
scientists are
at work daily to bring the world safe, effective pesticides.
The spray that your plant
technician is
spraying on your office plant amounts to the lowest volume used of any
horticultural industry. He may have just sprayed one half of one cup of
spray
on the six foot tall ficus, while simultaneously your lawn is being
sprayed
with more spray than this technician will spray in a year. Every trained
technician will have a label copy and the MSDS (material safety data
sheet)
available for you to look at upon request. You will find that what we
spray
indoors is safer than some of the chemicals you have under your kitchen
sink. As the Monsanto ad used to say: "Without chemicals, life itself would be
impossible".
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