Make smart use of Fall pesticides

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – As fall approaches, homeowners and green industry professionals take steps to prepare landscapes for the winter. Leaves are swept away for composting or disposal, perennials and shrubs are pruned, hedges are trimmed, and pesticides are applied in anticipation of next year’s growing season.

For professional arborists and landscapers, fall and early winter is an effective time to use pesticides, a broad term that includes products that kill insect pests and all also kill weeds (herbicides).

Leaf diseases

“Many people don’t have to use pesticides at all,” says Tchukki And...