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I have been using ant bait stations that work like a dream on ants but not on other stuff. I want to know what you guys do.
Hard to get poison to the bugs in the wood already.
cool, will pick some up…have to get more bead blast medium from them anyway…Permethrin will get them going in and coming out. I get the 10% concentrate from TSC and mix up what I need.
If you get the stuff that is just permethrin can also do clothes with it for ticks and such.
cool, will pick some up…have to get more bead blast medium from them anyway…
so, just spray on the wood stacks? How heavy?
Yeah. That's what I mean. I don't want my customers falling ill because of chemicals that they are exposed to. Hell, I don't even use paraffin wax in my fire starters because it comes from petroleum, I instead opt for 100% biodegradable and organic soy wax that actually Burns better. I don't even use Roundup and permethrin to do weed and mosquito control for my lawn care customers. I'm 14 and I don't want to be exposed to such harmful chemicals at a young age.Spray the wood piles and stacks with pesticides? That stuff lasts and when burned, guess who's breathing in the chemicals? My grandfather used to spray the wood with Chlordane and that, as it turns out was a BIG no no. I can't imagine permethrin is any better. I'd suggest surrounding the wood piles with some sort of chemical on the ground like a barrier to kill and incoming and outgoing insects. Mice and chipmunks? They leave when the wood is sold or burned.
This is what I recommend, not directly on the wood but on the ground you stack it on. https://www.solutionsstores.com/permethrin-sfr-insecticidePermethrin will get them going in and coming out. I get the 10% concentrate from TSC and mix up what I need.
If you get the stuff that is just permethrin can also do clothes with it for ticks and such.
Yeah. That's what I mean. I don't want my customers falling ill because of chemicals that they are exposed to. Hell, I don't even use paraffin wax in my fire starters because it comes from petroleum, I instead opt for 100% biodegradable and organic soy wax that actually Burns better. I don't even use Roundup and permethrin to do weed and mosquito control for my lawn care customers. I'm 14 and I don't want to be exposed to such harmful chemicals at a young age.
This is what I recommend, not directly on the wood but on the ground you stack it on. https://www.solutionsstores.com/permethrin-sfr-insecticide
The MSDS for the 38% looks pretty benign for combustion products. I can't imagine the 10% being a problem at all.Permethrin is fairly benign. It's is used topically on skin to treat scabies and lice and treat clothing for insects. No adverse reactions have been noted for pregnant women. It's also used on food crops such as corn and wheat.
It is unlikely burning the dilute solutions used as insecticides on wood produce toxic levels of combustion products.
I use white pine cones for fire starter. They are organic and free. Besides I need to rake them up in the fall anyway. I put up a few contractor bags full every year the pines put out a bumper crop. If you have a good source you could market bags full as fire starter.
Not sure if any stores nearby carry that brand? It's more concentrated than the 10% TSC sells. I think Ace hardware might or can get it.
I keep a bottle of concentrate handy and spray a few sets of clothes when ticks are bad. Been treated for Lyme a few times but never bitten when wearing treated clothes
You are thinking of pyrethin. Permethrin is a synthetic analog that lasts longer, the former breaks down in less than 1 dayPermethrin is made from marigold seeds. It's almost totally nontoxic to most animals except birds, fish, bugs, and cats.
rather then Rube Goldberg rodent traps and gnarly chemicals.I have been using ant bait stations that work like a dream on ants but not on other stuff. I want to know what you guys do.
I have mine here in MA. That's why I chimed in.Since you are starting out in business I suggest you take the Virginia Commercial Pesticide Applicator Examination. You will learn more than most can tell you here.
Did I not mention that I'm 14 years old? Don't you have to have insurance to have that kind of stuff? And besides. I like using organic methods that don't require me to put on a freaking space suit just to go out and spray some weeds.I have mine here in MA. That's why I chimed in.
Bill will be so proud.
How dare you!
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