Re: Re: Ban on Chemicals

[Guest guest]

I had homeguard do one of my houses for subterranean termites. I

highly recommend them. They put out bait stations so their was no

toxic barrier treatments. I love the bait concept with roaches and

ant's as well because you draw them to the poison rather than spray

them and yourself in the process.

Homeguard uses boric acid for dry wood termites. They have a very good

guarantee on their service because the boric acid works long after the

application unlike tenting does.

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:32:56 -0000, you wrote:

>There are so many alternatives to chemicals for pests and yard care.

>I have never used pesticide in my old home and there are no pests.

>Preventing access to food is main thing but then there are many non

>chemical ways to control...Of course I have the mold-pest though. I

>have used termite chemicals though. How does one get away from doing

>that?

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>--- In , " carondeen " <kdeanstudios@...>

>wrote:

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>> I agree with the ban on chemicals-when I was in local government-I

>> fought

[Guest guest]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:15:36 -0000, you wrote:

>Thanks . I have to treat the border of my house and I am able

>to buy the baiting stations, those big ones from a farm supply house

>but I didn't know what kind of bait to put in them.

They sell bait stations with pieces of wood that are laced with

insecticides. The termite's supposedly take these chemicals back to

the nest and kill the queen which does away with the entire colony.

The conundrum for the pest control industry is this could wipe out the

goose that lays the golden eggs. So they prefer the barrier treatments

that just deter the termites away from your house only for a few years

and in the mean time into your neighbors houses. They generally don't

kill the colony's either. Their is a product called " TERMIDOR " which

supposedly does but I am dubious. The golden goose thing. They have to

be very careful not to make the urban termite an endangered species.

Home depot and other retailers " do it yourself " pest control sell

these bait stations, and boric acid treatments. If I were to be

selling my house I would go with homeguard though. Tvedten

from " Safe 2 Use " at:

http://www.safe2use.com/sitemap.htm

Recommended Homeguard to me. They were about 30% cheaper than a

competitors bid and the warranty was transferable and even though the

house was riddled with termites I was able to sell it. I think they

were around $800 this was 8 years ago though. That $800 was well worth

the burden they lifted off of my shoulders. And they did it without

harming anyone with dangerous barrier treatments.

I don't know how effective boric acid is on subterranean termites. I

would prefer the bait stations. But as long as whoever is performing

the service guarantee's it and it's transferable I guess it does not

matter. Not sure weather boric acid kills the queen (subterranean

queens I believe stay underground) but I would think no. That is

probably why the PCO'S prefer this type of treatment. I believe it

would for dry wood termites though.

>However boric

>acid doesn't kill a whole colony does it? I could have a service do

>it with a guarantee. I will cost me 1k though. I don't know if

>that is unusually high but I can't find anything lower than that for

>the baiting stations professionally installed and maintained. It's

>good to know you think this is okay. I was thinking meant

>should use termite bait either.

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