How to plan & implement ipm at your

How to Plan & Implement IPM at your Facility Building a document for sustainable golf course management

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An Understanding of IPM and its Goals are Necessary for a Successful Program
What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
How does this apply to turf?
What is the goal of an IPM program?
Who benefits from the program?

IPM Plan Overview
Goal Setting
Climate Appraisal
Management Zone Inventory
Pest Worksheet
IPM Planner
Financial Considerations

1. Goal Setting
Identify goals for the program to achieve
Assess the success of the program
Help communicate vision for your facility
Established goals from various categories
Agronomic
Environmental
Budgetary

Step 1. Goal Setting Environmental Description Target Completion Actual Completion Complete water quality tests from at least 3 sources 7/1/2011 Run air hose to wash area to blow equipment versus washing 5/1/2011 Audubon re-certification 3/1/2011 Create pesticide container recycling program 5/1/2011

2. Climate Appraisal
Uses historical weather data to predict turf growth and performance
Growth Potential Concept
Observed temp
Optimum temp for turf growth

Step 2. Climate Appraisal

3. Management Zone Inventory
Defining areas or “zones” at your facility that have common management features
Greens
Tees
Fairways
Rough
Other or special areas

Step 3. Management Zone Inventory Greens Subzones Number Description 1 Pushup greens south side 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9 Blue; 1, 2, 3 White 2 Old sand based greens 3, 4, 7 Blue; 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 Yellow; Putting Green 3 Newer USGA sand based greens 4-9 White; 3, 4, 5, 7 Yellow 4 Hot spots: 4, 5, 6 Blue; 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 White; 9 Yellow 5 Old Penncross that management: 1-3 White; 1-6, 8, 9 Blue; 2, 6, 8, 9, Yellow, Putting Green 6 Pushup greens require more rolling for speed management 7 Treat for grubs and surface feeders 8 Spot treat for ants

4. Pest Worksheet
Identify and rank pests for each zone
Identify practices and products to manage them
Pests could include
Insects
Diseases
Weeds
Other

Step 4. Pest Worksheet

5. IPM Planner
A blueprint outlining your entire plan
Logic and strategies based on science
Agronomic
Insect
Disease
Weed

Step 5. IPM Planner

6. Financial Considerations
A benefit of your planning could be financial savings
Budget worksheet
Estimate and compare cost of products
Provide a record of products applied, frequency, and rate of application

Step 6. Financial Considerations

Practical IPM Key Pest: Snow Mold

Practical IPM Key Pest: Silvery Thread Moss

Practical IPM Key Pest: Golfers

Practical IPM Moss Trials on Nursery Green

Practical IPM Key Pest: Pythium

Practical IPM Basamid Fumigation of Nursery Green

Where Do You Go From Here?

Why IPM and Golf Courses?
When carefully managed, golf courses can be successfully blended with the natural environment to preserve natural habitat and provide a community asset.

Why IPM and Golf Courses?
Among top five reasons people play golf – “it puts them in touch with nature.” (NGF)
90% of golfers believe in need to protect the environment. (GCM)
95% superintendents state that the environment is “very important” to the future of golf. (GCM)

What Does the Future Hold?

Proactive is better than Reactive
Ontario IPM Accreditation Program (IPMAP): Mandatory as of April 22, 2012
Scout Forms
Product Application Forms
Equipment Calibration Form
Hot Spot Management Record
Annual Report
Map
Training Documentation

Summary
6 Step plan
Time investment to complete
Documenting much of what you currently do
The result is a comprehensive plan based on scientific data you can use to educate staff, golfers and the public
Living document to be reviewed and updated

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