CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) For
yean, formers have complained they get an
unfair share of the blame for the conditions
that exist in the Chesapeake Bay.
In an attempt to respond to these com
plaints and to educate the general public, the
Keystone Chapter of the Soil And Water
Conservation Society, along with the Pen
nsylvania Department of Agriculture, The
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Gover
nor Pine hot Group of the Sierra Club, and the
Lancaster County Conservation District cos
ponsored an IPM-low impact workshop on
lawn and garden management aimed at the
urban homeowner.
An abbreviated session was held die even
ing of September 1 in conjunction with the
regular meeting of the Siena Gub in Camp
Hill. An in-depth session followed the next
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tem” which forces them to be economic in
their use of pest control products. Most want
to see instant results front their pesticide
applications, they don’t read or follow the
label, tend to follow the axiom “if a little is
good, more is better ” These attitudes lead to
problems for the bay and the consumer.
He outlined several ways for urbanites to
help improve the bay through the use of
sound landscape practices such as fall fertili
zation; us£of pest-resistant, drought-tolerant
landscape species; and use of mulches, cover
crops, dwarf fruit trees, etc. Soil testing was
strongly recommended to prevent overappli
cation of fertilizers and lime.
Next on the program was Phil Catron,
founding partner of “Naturalawn” lawn care
service. Phil stated his company was founded
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in response to the public’s desire for alterna
tives to pesticide and fertilizer intensive lawn
and garden systems. When he and his partner
founded the company in 1986, they were
looked upon as mavericks in the industry. As
a measure of the public’s acceptance of this
approach, these “mavericks” now have 26
locations in 14 states.
“The ‘perfect lawn’ doesn’t exist!” said
Cation. “AH lawns have weed, insect, and
disease pressures, and the more we try to
overcome them, the more problems we have
the more it costs us economically and
environmentaUy.”
The secret of success is to understand the
biology of the lawn and garden system and
try to come to a good balance. We can live
with some pests and some weeds. He empha
sized identifying and solving lawn and gar
den “problems” and not to be lulled into
treating “symptoms'.” Many times we try to
force something to .grow where it is not
adapted due to natural soil or site conditions.
This wastes time, money, and resources, and
leads to frustration. Instead, he suggested
looking for alternative plant covers that are
adapted to that location. This adds to the
diversity and interest to the landscape and
reduces costs.
He also emphasized soil testing, stressing
that pH is a factor many times overlooked in
the urban landscape. Proper pH balances
natural systems and allows them to operate
more efficiently. Many times we are so intent
on modifying natural systems that we destroy
the benefit that they provide us at no charge.
Dr. Lee Heilman, entomologist and turf
grass specialist. University of Maryland, Col
lege Park, wound up the program with a pre
sentation on the integrated pest management
(IPM) system of lawn care. He pointed out
that 80-percent of the pesticides are applied
to just 10 weeds. He discussed the impor
tance of scouting your lawn on a regular basis
to know what is going on and whether treat
ment is necessary.
He also emphasizrd the importance of
records in managing your lawn, asking Ques
tions such as “How are you going to know
what is going on toda / if you have no refer
ence to compare to what went on last week?
Is the situation getting better or worse? What
did you treat with last year? Was it success
ful? Were the weather conditions the same?
Was the level of con rol satisfactory?”
Heilman discussed .1 wide range of topics,
including the importance of using resistant
varieties of grass, diversity of plant covers in
the landscape, beneficial insects, fertility
practices, mowing height, sharpness of mow
er knives, drought resistant plant covers, etc.
The interest of workshop attendees was
such that the session ran one and one half
hours over the allotted time.
Sponsors are considering presenting the
program in several other locations across
Pennsylvania next February and March to
educate other urbanites on the lawn and gar
den alternatives available and their role in the
improvement of we ter quality and the
environment.