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[SCCIPM 33 (5/2020)] California Community IPM MAINTAIN CURB APPEAL WITH IPM! Keep your yard looking sharp and healthy with Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Reduce access to food, water, and shelter with thoughtful preventative practices. Using less pesticides in your yard protects pollinators and helps natural predators keep pests in check! 6’ Take care of pest problems as soon as possible. The longer they go unresolved, the more work it is to fix them! Trim tree limbs at least 6 feet from your home Pick ripe fruit from trees Pick pollinator friendly plants and keep them trimmed to allow air flow and light underneath Inspect and thin ground cover frequently. It can act as a nursery for all kinds of pests! Keep lawn properly maintained Do an irrigation efficiency check cdpr.ca.gov [email protected]

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Page 1: Maintain Curb Appeal with IPM · 2020-07-27 · Communit y IPM MAINTAIN CURB APPEAL WITH IPM! Keep your yard looking sharp and healthy with Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Reduce

[SCCIPM 33 (5/2020)]

CaliforniaCommunity IPM

MAINTAIN CURB APPEAL WITH IPM!

Keep your yard looking sharp and healthy with Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Reduce access to food, water, and shelter with thoughtful preventative practices. Using less

pesticides in your yard protects pollinators and helps natural predators keep pests in check!

6’

Take care of pest problems as soon as possible. The longer they go unresolved, the more work it is to

fix them!

Trim tree limbs at least 6 feet from your home

Pick ripe fruit from trees

Pick pollinator friendly plants and keep them trimmed to allow

air flow and light underneath

Inspect and thin ground cover frequently. It can act as a

nursery for all kinds of pests!

Keep lawn properly maintained

Do an irrigation efficiency check

cdpr.ca.gov

[email protected]