Handle The Bugs in the Correct Way Product Spotlight: Ortho® Home Defense® August 6, 2021 Whether it’s your lawn, shed, or home…Ortho® Bug B Gon® Products shall guide and help you keep those BUGS AWAY! There are a lot sprays and pellets out there that can help. Malone Home Center wants to give you a couple ways to help you stay insect free in your business or home in Greenville. Whenever you are wanting bugs out of your lawn, use a Lawn Insect Killer. This product can annihilate up to 142 types of insects and the granules exterminate on contact. Lawn Insect Killer should even help defend your flowers, vegetables, and garden. Applying a insect killer should help thwart off damage to plants or even your home. So, at first sight of any nettlesome insects, use insect killer lawn granules. The preferred way to spread them on your yard or certain areas evenly is to use a lawn spreader. Later thoroughly water the area after application to activate the product. Now you can be ready to enjoy your home and lawn without those troublesome insects. A. Ortho® also supplies a product called Home Defense® Insect Killer. They offer distinct kinds based on what you are trying to get rid of. Whether it’s a barrier you are wanting to put around your residence on the inside or the outside, Ortho® Home Defense® Insect Killer can help you keep them out. Some of the insects it will keep out are spiders, cockroaches, ants, flea, and more! Most of the gallon-sized containers also come with a wand for easy application when applying around walls and doorways. B. Relxing outside and agitated by wasps and other flying bugs? Ortho® Home Defense® has created a perimeter protection repellent candle just for those occasions where you might want to relax and rest and not be bothered. The candles are made with essential oils and can fend off 2X more mosquitoes than citronella. Ask us about these new item, if we do not have them in-store we can special order them. C. Mosquito repellent can come as a candle but also in sprays, lawn granules, and foggers. If you are having a function in your yard and want to keep bugs out of a large space. Use an insect killer with a hose-end spray or lay down granules ahead of the party. You don’t want your guests swatting flying insects the whole time. Have a more delightful time with products like Mosquito and Bug Killer Area Fogger, or Backyard Mosquito and Bug Killer Ready-To-Spray with Hose Attachment. These items eradicate over 200 kinds of insects and lasts up to 3 months on your lawn. Remember to not to let any product get in the sewer drain, or any gutter like drainage where aquatic habitat can occur. D. What do you do about bed bugs? Ortho® has a solution that is 3 steps. 1. Detect & Trap with Bed Bug Traps 2. Treatment: Ortho®’s Home Defense® Max Bed Bug, Flea, & Tick Killer. Use it for spot treatment to kill bed bugs around mattress seams, bed frames, tufts, and folds. It wipes out even the most resilient bed bugs and their eggs. 3. Cracks and Crevices need treatment too and you can use this powder to help keep them away. Use indoors with confidence. Ask a Malone Home Center employee if you need advice with any products spoken of here. A store employee will be pleased to help you find the best product in the process of getting ridding your home of your insects! Special Note: Some products are special order only. See our store in Greenville for specific specifics on any products shown. Rid your home today! Lawn, Garden, & Outdoor, Garden Center, Lawn Mowers, Lawn Care, Scotts Back To Project Blog