Plant Pest Control

For your trees, shrubs, ground cover and lawns

Kastle Kare is a licensed Pest Control operator dedicated to providing services for plants: Trees, Shrubs, Lawns, Ground Cover, etc.  We have skilled technicians that apply appropriate chemicals safely and efficiently.  Our focus is on ridding your property of pests that attack and damage your landscape plants.

There are more than a million different species of insects that have been identified, however, only a few damage landscape plants.  The most common ones include:

• Aphids: aphids may be winged or wingless.  They have pear shaped bodies and are usually green, but may also be yellow, black or other colors.  Aphids attack succulent young leaves and they typically congregate on the undersides of growth.  The signs of aphids include sooty mold, ants, or leaves become twisted or distorted.
• Mealy Bugs: Mealy bugs are small insects about 1/16″ to 1/8″ long that have soft and well-developed legs.  They bodies are covered by a powdery white wax coating that my also surround their egg masses.  They attack leaves, twigs and roots.  The Signs of a mealy bug include white wax deposits, sooty mold on foliage and lots of ants.
• Whiteflies Adults appear as white specks on plants. They deposit lots of eggs on the underside of leaves. Stationary larvae are oval, flat, transparent to greenish in color when they are alive, and dull white when dead. Signs of whiteflies include top sides of leaves become pale or spotted. Ants, sooty mold or adult whiteflies that look like white specks or gnats flying around plants; larvae on undersides of leaves.
• Caterpillars These larvae of butterflies and moths chew on foliage.  Caterpillars are attacked by many beneficial insects. Signs of caterpillars: Chewed or notched leaves; greenish fecal pellets on the foliage; and the caterpillars themselves.
• Thrips: Small, narrow-winged insects, about the size of a comma in this page. They scar leaves and drink sap from the wounds. Signs of thrips include Dull, grayish appearance; curling, distorted leaves; flower drop.
• Spider mites: Tiny, oval bodies are about the size of a period in this brochure. May be red, yellow, greenish or spotted. Adults spin loose webs on foliage and reproduce rapidly in hot weather. The signs of spider mites include injuries that look like light-colored dots, which gives leaves a dull, gray-green, stippled appearance; fine, loose spider webs and ashy looking residues. Magnifying glass required for detection.
• Chinch bugs Adults are 1/5″ long, black with white patches on; young nymphs are smaller and reddish. Attack only St. Augustine grass.   Their signs include yellowing and browning of turf grass, often in hot, sunny areas next to driveways/walkways or in over-fertilized lawns.
• Fleas: Small, dark colored, about 1/8″ long. Can hop some distance. The signs include obvious effects on pets. Prevalence in areas where pets bed down or dig holes.
• Ants: Three-segmented body with narrow waist. Size ranges from 1/16″ to 1/2″, depending on species. Most species not harmful. Fire ants are a major problem. The signs of ants include presence on plants; existence of mounds; ants in trails.

Pest Control Solutions

Kastle Kare/Plant Rx provides qualified and trained expertise to diagnose and treat your landscape’s pest problems.   Our technicians have solved landscape and plant pest problems for homes, businesses, parks, schools and more.   We offer systemic treatments that aids in the prevention of pests returning to damage your landscape further.

Preventative Treatments

The prevention of certain plant pests can save you $1,000’s. Preventing pests in your landscape keeps it looking beautiful and healthy. We offer systemic treatments that aid in the prevention of pests returning to damage your landscape further.

Professional Consultation

The best way to find out what is affecting your plants’ growth and health is to have a professional consultation by a trained, experienced and licensed landscape pest control expert.

Call today and ask our technician about our consultation service to inspect your plants and landscape