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What is
Sustainability?
Program
Deliverables
How Can I
Help?
The
Arboretum at
Penn State Behrend
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HOW CAN I HELP?
Alternatives
to Chemicals
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Use a program of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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Use compost for fertilizer
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Use intercropping to control bugs and weeds
- Rotate
crops
- Identify
pests
- Try
least toxic solution first
- Keep
garden/lawn free of insect-attracting debris
- Attract
native predatory insects, mites, and birds
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Keep plants properly watered and organically fertilized
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Plant resilient plants
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Shift planting dates
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Use physical barriers
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Use perennial areas that remain undisturbed each year
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Plant flowering plants
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Build a bird bath
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Don’t buy foreign insects
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Use “safe” pesticides
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Insecticidal soap
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Soft soap (i.e. Ivory)
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Quassia
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Pyrethrum
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Copper fungicide
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Milky spore disease
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Green lacewing larvae
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Nematodes
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Big blue-eyed bugs
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Use native plants
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Establish tolerance level for weeds
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Monitor lawn for insects, weeds or disease
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Learn about underlying cause of pest problems
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Keep plantings full of variety
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Chemical free lawn fertilization
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Leave grass clippings on lawn
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Feed the soil, not the plant
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Blood meal
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Alfalfa meal
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Cottonseed meal
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Make your own
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2 parts dried blood
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1 part rock phosphate
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4 parts wood ashes
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Dolomitic limestone
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Bone meal
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Wood ashes
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Elemental sulfur
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Fertilize only once or twice in the North
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Gypsy moth control
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Learn to tolerate low levels of pests
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Keep trees in good health
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Properly fertilize
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Diversify the plantings
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Encourage the moth’s natural enemies to stay/come to
area
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Birds
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Beetles
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Wasps
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Flies
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Mice
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Spiders
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Ants
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Remove egg clusters
- Immerse
in:
- Soapy
water
- Creosote
- Kerosene
- Discard
in garbage or deeply bury
- From
May-June place sticky tape completely around base of tree
- Place
burlap pieces around tree to collect hiding caterpillars
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Aphid control
- Establish
tolerance level
- Rinse
them off with water
- Remove
by hand (wear gloves)
- Spray
with insecticidal soap
- Control
ant populations (ants and aphids have a symbiotic relationship)
- Avoid
highly soluble nitrogen fertilizer
- Mosquito
control
- Focus
efforts on larval stage
- Look
for standing water
- Old
tires
- Buckets
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Watering cans
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Tin cans, jars and other containers
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Clogged roof gutters
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Saucers under potted plants
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Sumps
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Over-irrigated lawns and fields
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Boats that haven’t been drained
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Tree holes
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Drain outlet from air conditioner
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Limit likelihood you will be bitten
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Avoid outdoors during dawn and dusk
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Wear light clothing
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Wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants and a hat
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Apply repellent to cloths instead of skin
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Burn citronella candles
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Keep out of house by repairing holes and cracks
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Use human powered tools
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