EnviroTech Exterminating: Give Bugs The Shrug! Organic Pest Control

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Give Bugs The Shrug! 5 ways to de-bug your garden safely

If you're a gardener in any capacity, professional or just mucking about hopefully in the dirt, this has happened to you on more than one occasion; you’re armed with you trusty basket, you’ve donned your best sun blocking hat and you’re ready to pluck the best offerings the earth you’ve toiled has to offer when…with a slight squint…you spot them. Holes. Withered bits. Large chomps bitten into the fruits and vegetables you’ve waited so long to enjoy. Upon further scrutiny, you’ll discover the perps…bugs! Be it in New York or Houston, pest control for your garden has now become a desperate necessity.

How Can I Thwart This Attack?!

Don’t be crestfallen if it’s come to that, however. Some more novice gardeners feel that bugs are a sign of failure to their craft, but it’s quite the contrary. Bugs are feasting on your fare because they are healthy, verdant, juicy and delicious. Pat yourself on the back…your crop’s tops! But while bugs in your troughs are a sign of quality, it’s a sort of “thanks, but no thanks” situation. It’s time to kick ‘em out!

Try our top tips to boost your produce and get rid of your unwanted buggy visitors:

1.       Bubble your bugs – no deed to dish out for the super fancy stuff, because you won’t be using a whole lot of it, but a simple dishwashing liquid and water solution is surprisingly effective. Just like the soap breaks apart oil and grease on your wares, so will it dissolve tiny bug’s protective waxy coating. In a short time they’ll be coating-free, dry out and die. Use a 1:10 ratio (1 part soap to 10 parts water) and spray directly on the bugs. Especially effective on aphids, they’ll think you’re bathing them and won’t even see it coming.

  

2.       Save the earth with some earth – Isn’t it wonderful when the best solutions are natural? This one might be a mouthful but trust us, it works – Diatomaceous earth powder. This is a safe, non-toxic powder that is moderately granular to human touch but to slugs and other truant crawlies is like doing the worm on shards of broken glass. One crawl over this will have them biting the dust. 

3.       Trap ‘em if you can – Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. A clever garden friendly ruse will save your produce this season and there are many to choose from. Leaf-cutter ants have an almost diabetic addiction to the sugars in leaves, stalks and branches but you can fool them with this explosive syrupy concoction – a tablespoon of molassess mixed with a teaspoon of yeast is the trick. Drizzle or smear this at the base of your plants or on freshly turned soil to lure the ants out…they will feast a-plenty and then within a couple hours, explode!

4.       Fenced in – some chicken wire, wooden dowels and a pair of pliers is all you need to safely barricade your crops from larger predators while allowing them to still enjoy the sun and rain. Not as effective on bugs but a good trick for raccoons or bunnies!

5.       Bug-on-bug crime – Lady beetles are the gardener’s best friend. They are pretty to look at and have a voracious appetite for the most common insect invaders. A few strategically placed lady beetles will gorge themselves delightedly on aphids, mealy bugs and mites. Bon appétit!

Guest post courtesy of Frank Merryman and pest control Houston company Protext Pest Control, who has provided Houston pest control services since 1978.

For local pest control service contact EnviroTech Exterminating at (918) 282-7621. EnviroTech provides Tulsa Pest Control and Nuisance Wildlife Removal Services for the local Tulsa metro area including Broken Arrow, Jenks and Bixby, Oklahoma.

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EnviroTech Exterminating: Bed Bug Wars! Controlling The Enemy

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I often get calls from people concerned about Bed Bugs. Most of these calls come from regular folks who brought home bed bugs from either a thrift shop, hotel or some other place. The truth of the matter is bed bugs are spreading everywhere at an alarming pace. Thought once to be completely controlled bed bugs have made a strong comeback. With our borders open and international flights bringing people from all walks of life to and from every major city in America bed bugs have been spreading like a plague. It's easy to see how this pest has made it's way into so many hotels and homes here in the local Tulsa area.

Bed Bugs

Bed Bugs require special treatments and attention when dealing with them. See the Bed Bug is a traveler and hitchhikes from place to place on your clothing, in your bags, on your body, even on your shoes. These pests have no boundaries and don't care of your rich or poor. They only care about one thing and that one thing is Blood. Bed Bugs require blood meals in order to molt and reproduce. This is why they hold a special place in our hearts. They are feared by so many because being bitten over and over by a blood sucking pest while sleeping is enough to cause sleep disorders and nightmares.

Just knowing the minute you fall to sleep bed bugs will start making way towards you to feed on your body is enough to cause sleepless nights.

Bed Bug Bites

Bed Bugs are quite frankly the worst household pest you can have. I'd rather live with a house full of Black Widow Spiders than bed Bugs. At least we are not the Black Widows preferred food. The Black Widow does not mean us harm. It's that sometimes we meet when we shouldn't that the Black Widow Spider bites. Bed Bugs on the other hand sense the very thing we exhale in carbon dioxide. This is how they sense us at night and this is what the use to know when your in bed asleep. These little blood suckers can move fast too when they know a meal is just waiting for them.

Places Bed Bugs Hide

Bed Bugs hide in the nooks, cracks and crevices of your home or apartment. They can even be found at work when an employee brings them to work! Bed Bugs can go without notice for some time. Only about half of their victims are allergic to the saliva of the Bed Bug so not everybody getting bites from Bed Bugs will even know they are being bitten. This alone is a scary thing because an infestation can really get out of hand fast without you even knowing bed bugs are in your home. The first signs you may see are black droppings on your bed or casings of bed bugs on the sheets or mattress.


Either way Bed Bugs require the work of a licensed pest control company. These bugs don't just leave willingly and it's a hard fought battle to win the war on Bed Bugs once they have made your home theirs. Typically the costs of doing Bed Bug Treatment or Control is expensive. It is labor intensive and requires the use of products that only a pest control operator has access too. You however are more important to winning this war than the pest control operator though. Preparing for the treatment is even more labor intensive than the actual treatment. You must prepare your home for treatment. This means you must move furniture, bag and wash, dry all clothing and not place the items back in drawers or closets. Every nook and cranny needs to be readily accessible for the pest control operator to do a proper treatment. If you do not prepare the property then the treatment will not provide the best results. Also, you must protect yourself and the home from reinfestation. Stay away from other properties with Bed Bugs. Was your clothing regularly and buy mattress and box spring covers designed to provide protection from Bed Bugs. If you do your part the pest control operator will do theirs and soon you will be sleeping comfortably without fear of vampires in the middle of the night.

If you are dealing with a Bed Bug issue and require pest control service of an expert Exterminator. Call EnviroTech Exterminating. We have the Expertise to get Bed Bugs under control. EnviroTech uses top notch products that provide excellent Bed Bug Mortality rates and long term protection. call (918) 282-7621 today.

EnviroTech Exterminating: Bed Bugs and Bed Bug Treatment, Control

Bed Bugs and Bed Bug Treatment Control Options

I often get asked about bed bug control and how to treat for them. I hear the common questions all the time.

1) Does Heat really work?
2) Do Chemicals really work?
3) Do You Offer Follow Up Treatments?
4) How Did I Get These?
5) Is It Safe?
6) What About Preparing For Treatment?


Although these questions seem simple the answer can be quite complex. People can find just about anything on the internet. Some things true and some things not so true. You can find Pro's, Con's and so forth about Heat and Treating Bed Bugs with Insecticides. In some cases Heat is a great option and in some cases Heat may not be all that effective. There is also always the cost factor in dealing with Bed Bugs. Heat can be very expensive where using chemical treatment may be more cost effective. This does not mean that one method is better or worse. It just means there are more than one way to treat for Bed Bugs.

EnviroTech Exterminating has had a great deal of success with the treatment of bed bugs in various structure types, even dwellings such as crawl space homes. Keep in mind that crawl space homes are typically older homes with a large amount of gaps and hiding spaces for pests such as bed bugs to harbor. A crawl space home also provides an extra challenge in that the bed bugs can always retreat if using heat. These pests can easily make their way into the crawl space or gain access to the attic with so many entry points available to them. This simple problem makes using heat sometimes less effective on crawl space dwellings.

Heat is a great tool in that it kills the bed bugs it comes into contact with but getting the heat to rise fast enough to get a 100% kill ratio and kill all bed bugs and eggs in a structure is where the problem exists. Other issues where heat can be a problem is in mobile homes or apartment buildings with multiple adjoining structures. Many of these homes simply cannot have the temperature taken to what is necessary for the Bed Bug kill zone of the heat. Wires can melt, the plastics used in these structures can become toxic. Heat in these situations sometimes do more harm than good. In some cases heat can be a great solution and in other cases chemical treatment may be the best solution. It is something the homeowner must consider when dealing with bed bugs.

The cost factor:  Heat is typically more expensive and even when heat is used some bed bugs can be missed, Why?  Heat may not get all the bed bugs in dwellings like crawl space homes. Heat has tremendous knock down power but if any bed bugs escape or are missed then you likely spent well over $1000 to find out a few weeks later that you still have bed bugs. In smaller dwellings on slab foundations heat may work well but you also risk other problems such as walls cracking as the heat pulls the moisture content from the sheetrock.

Chemical treatment relies on pesticides designed for the control and treatment of bedbugs. The products are applied with the idea much like that of a Perimeter Termite Treatment where the Bed Bugs litterally have to come into contact with the product, pesticide to get to the host thus killing the Bedbugs and controlling the bed bugs. All this comes as a direct result of the bed bugs getting into the residuals left behind. It can take more time to get the bedbugs under control but the costs are typically lower and since a residual is present it may potentially get Bedbugs that Heat Treatment may have missed. Multiple Treatments or Follow-Up Treatments may be needed to assure that all bed bugs, nymphs, eggs are killed. Typically products such as an IGR or Insect Growth Regulator that reduce the chance of bed bug reproduction are used and with proper application and following your treatment programs instructions bed bugs can become a thing of the past.

With either method re-infestation can occur. Bedbugs are known for the ways they spread and if you have bed bugs then you likely got them from somewhere. If you continue to visit the same places then the bedbug problem you are dealing may return. No amount of heat or pesticides can fix the problem if you don't help the problem by making sure you stay free of places that may or do have Bed Bugs.

Bedbug control requires habit changes sometimes. Some people get them from simply going to a movie or sitting in a chair somebody with bed bugs had been sitting in. Or maybe somebody that has bed bugs had one fall off their clothing onto the floor and you just so happen to have stopped in the same area. These are all factors we all deal with and they require a conscious effort on our part to make sure we don't bring bed bugs in. Keep a clutter free environment and pay attention to any signs that may be present of any Bed Bug activity.

There are many ways to get Bed Bugs. Simply going to places that don't know a problem is present can be all it takes. Many people may not even know they have Bed Bugs as about half of people show no allergic reaction to the bed bug bite.

Clutter and keeping your home messy can also be a huge factor in the effectiveness of any bed bug treatment program. You can have all the heat and all the pesticides but if the home is cluttered and a mess then bed bugs will likely win the battle.

Currently there are excellent products on the market for the control of bed bugs.With bed bugs exploding across the Tulsa metro area more and more people are relying on both heat and chemical treatment for their personal battle against these pests. Every situation is different and every dwelling posses a different challenge. EnviroTech Exterminating offers a Comprehensive Bed Bug Treatment Service that provides additional follow-up services at a drastically reduced price to the customer. If you are serious about solving your Bed Bug problem and want a professional that will provide comprehensive treatment give EnviroTech Exterminating a call.

EnviroTech Exterminating offers bed bug control, and Tulsa bed bug services for the local Tulsa area including Broken Arrow, Jenks, Bixby, Coweta, Glenpool and other Tulsa metro cities.  If you are having a pest problem regardless of it being bed bugs or cockroaches, ants, spiders, scorpions or other pests, call EnviroTech Exterminating for your Tulsa Pest Control needs. EnviroTech offers a wide variety of choices from Green, Organic Pest Control to traditional pest control services. EnviroTech uses the highest quality products available for pest control operators today.

EnviroTech Exterminating offer's monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly services. Don't forget about our Termite Treatment options. If you need more information on Bed Bugs we have an excellent video on our website at Tulsa Bed Bug Treatment

For Pest Control Services call EnviroTech Exterminating at (918) 282-7621