Plan pest control so each step works with the others. Pick your situation, drag options onto the calendar, and it checks the plan as you go. Not sure what the pest is yet? Identify it first with the Plant Problem Diagnosis Key, or send a sample to your state's diagnostic lab.
Strategy
Tap any day to add an action to it. On a desktop you can also drag from the palette, and drag a chip between days to move it. The plan is checked as you build it and saves itself as you go.
Pick what you have, or what you are guarding against. Leave it empty to browse everything that fits your system.
Tap any option to expand it. Everything here is also in the palette on the plan, which is where you drag from. Side-effect ratings come from Koppert's database where it rates the product; see sources.
Community Library
Products other growers have shared and we have reviewed. Only reviewed entries appear here. A wrong side-effect rating could lead someone to release beneficial insects onto a residue that kills them, so every entry is checked first. Adding one copies it into your products, where you can edit it for your own operation.
Saved Products
Not in the library? Add the products you use. Your entries rank alongside the built-in library and take part in the same conflict checks. Pick what it is first and the form asks only for what that kind needs.
Compatibility checks use two published standards. Harm to beneficials uses the IOBC toxicity classes plus the persistence data behind the commercial side-effect databases (Koppert, Biobest), because a residue can stay harmful to beneficials for days or weeks after they survive the day of spraying. Resistance uses the IRAC and FRAC mode-of-action groups, so repeating a group is flagged before pests become resistant to it.
The mode-of-action groups are checked against the published IRAC and FRAC lists. The beneficial side-effect ratings and their persistence windows are not checked yet. They live in the Koppert and Biobest side-effect databases, which rate specific products in specific crops. Treat them as a rough guide, and check the manufacturer's database for the exact product on your shelf.
Rates, REI, PHI, and what is legal on your crop are not in here on purpose. Those live on the product label, they change by product and by country, and the label is the legal document. Read it every time.
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