How can you prevent insect infestations?

It is by attention to growing conditions and use of proper controls that insect infestations can be prevented.

Specifically, insect infestations are signs of an environment that is out-of-balance. They can appear when a plant's growth is hampered by inadequate, incorrect or inappropriate soil fertility, moisture, pH or temperature. The previously mentioned challenges disappear with proper fertilization and irrigation schedules answerable to regular soil analyses. Unchecked and unresolved, these problems encourage insects to overwhelm weakened plants incapable of defending themselves or developing properly. In the midst of insect infestations, it is important to react rapidly and reasonably with controls that target the problem -- not beneficial insects such as bees and ladybugs -- with the least collateral damage to humankind, nature, and wildlife.