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hedgehog

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14. I generally don't use pesticide or herbicide - but sometimes you got to!

Reply to LynneSin (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 01:51 PM

Dec 2011

Pesticides, used appropriately are a literal life saver - I'm thinking of mosquito nets treated with DDT. Getting out the big guns to get rid of roaches is a good use, too. I'm not sure what I'd do if I lived in an area where they were endemic - the South or NYC! Pesticides are like antibiotics, eventually the bugs develop a resistance.

I figure if you want to get the weeds out of your sidewalk or garden, that's what garden tools are for. Now, getting rid of poison ivy..... that's what herbicides are for!

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Update about my bugs - it's a Christmas miracle [View all] LynneSin Dec 2011 OP

we have asian roaches that live under the vegatation in our yard. seabeyond Dec 2011 #1

I wouldn't say I'm bug free. There are a few in hiding still LynneSin Dec 2011 #2

don't forget the giant flying cockroaches Texans euphemistically call "palmetto Bugs" Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #5

i think that is probably more south of us where it is hot and humid. seabeyond Dec 2011 #6

No, Texans call them tree roaches. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

I live in TX and my cats keep my house roach and mouse free! sammytko Dec 2011 #10

Yep, cats rule!!!!!!! nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #11

Nothing creeps me out like roaches. Not spiders, mice, or even republicans. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2011 #3

Not sure about the battle between cockroaches and republicans LynneSin Dec 2011 #4

I thought republicans were cockroaches. rurallib Dec 2011 #18

No come on rurallib - that's just insultive and you know it...... LynneSin Dec 2011 #21

We have Argentine ants. hunter Dec 2011 #7

Oh, man, I hate roaches. rug Dec 2011 #8

Cheapest solution - boric acid from the drug store. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #12

Been there done that and still had a problem LynneSin Dec 2011 #13

I generally don't use pesticide or herbicide - but sometimes you got to! hedgehog Dec 2011 #14

Buy Local musette_sf Dec 2011 #15

Thanks for the advice. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #16

Well there are other baits not advion, I just happen to have luck with Advion LynneSin Dec 2011 #17

I can see how spraying would have a limited effect. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #19

I've only had one event where I was mortified by a bug in my house Duer 157099 Dec 2011 #20

We called them potato bugs -- Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #28

I have one of those things you plug into the wall RebelOne Dec 2011 #22

I've never had any luck with those things you plug into the wall. LynneSin Dec 2011 #23

Well, mine worked. I have only been finding dead bugs, RebelOne Dec 2011 #27

Are they the Asian variety? geardaddy Dec 2011 #24

That looks like a German LynneSin Dec 2011 #25

That's the American cockroach geardaddy Dec 2011 #26

I have a high tolerance for bugs LynneSin Dec 2011 #29

The bug guy used the bait UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #30

OMG you got the advion? LynneSin Dec 2011 #31

Yes, and within minutes of him leaving UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #32

Good for you era veteran Dec 2011 #33

Even if you seal up all your food air tight the bugs will eat... LynneSin Dec 2011 #34

And they make homes out of the boxes UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #35