Our emphasis is on preventing pest, disease, and improving plant health. We provide a wide range of strategies to help growers get the best out of their plants, with unique, practical solutions to stopping crop pressures. We aim to use only the most effective and up-to-date information from around the world to inform our assessments, and our own unique data that has been developed over the last forty+ years. Our approach is largely based on meticulous observation and consistent sampling.

Founder: Malcolm, Ba. App. Sc. Hort

Malcolm received a bachelor of applied science (Agriculture- Plant protection) with honours from Gatton Uni in 1980. Since then he has been practicing IPM- integrated pest management – using beneficial bugs + soft sprays to control pests in a range of crops.

Malcolm spent 10 years in South Australia developing IPM programs for small seed crops including lucerne (alfalfa), clover and chinese brassica crops. This time was marked by much reduced chemical usage, enhanced beneficial insect presence and increased crop yields.

This was followed by starting in the strawberry and nursery industries in the late 90’s . Malcolm assisted in developing techniques to get the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis working well in these crops. This became necessary as the pest ‘Two Spotted mite’ was developing severe chemical resistance world wide. Much was learnt in this time – the key things being early beneficial insect management and only using very soft chemicals. Beneficial bugs have enabled excellent pest control in many crops even when pests had become ‘un-killable’ with conventional techniques.

Using beneficial bugs to control pests has developed significantly over the past few years, as we now have a predator for almost every major pest. This has reduced spraying significantly, promoting plant health and higher yields.