
Common Landscape Pests and Plant Diseases: How to identify and Control Them
Plant-eating insects are small, but they can do huge damage to your commercial property, and fast.
A plant disease might not seem dangerous at first. Maybe a
black spot or two, or a couple holes in a leaf. The next thing you know, a whole bed of plants is wiped out.
We’re talking bugs that can devour an entire evergreen tree. A virus spread by mites can decimate your precious roses. And a massively destructive new pest on the scene is so dangerous to plants and trees, experts want you to kill it on the spot.
Knowledge is power. What are the most common plant pests and diseases on your commercial property? Aphids. Bag worms. Japanese beetles. Grubs. Cankers. Rose rosette.
And what to do about them? It depends on the bug, but solutions range from picking them off by hand to hosing them off to calling in professionals for skilled disease treatment or Integrated Pest Management. (More on that in a bit.)
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