Integrated Pest Management for Australian Gardens

What is IPM?Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a systematic approach to pest control that uses multiple strategies in a defined hierarchy — from cultural and biological controls first to chemical controls only as a last resort. It aims not to eradicate all pests (impossible and ecologically destructive) but to keep pest populations below the threshold at which they cause economically or aesthetically unacceptable damage.The IPM HierarchyFirst: Prevention — soil health, resistant varieties, …