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vern9ine
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 7 2007 13:21:29
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Just had a PCO in to treat my appartment (however they did not yet treat the downstairs appartment which is where they came from - well they were treated 4 months ago, but still have them). The new PCO company treated mine with Cy-kick and some other growth hormone stuff. Any thoughts on effectiveness and toxicity of this stuff?
The PCO said it is effective for 45 days - is that true?
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paulaw0919
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 7 2007 16:49:01
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Cykick is a microcap..supposed to be good...The most popular growth regulator is Gentrol. That's what was most likely mixed.
I still keep in touch with my PCO and had a recent dicussion with him on a convention he just went to.
Supposedly alot of the bugs being seen are European descent and have a strong resistance to the chemical we have today. It's taking much longer for the chemical to penetrate the insect. Residuals sometimes taking longer than a week to kill it. Powders such as DE have shown to take sometimes up to 3 weeks before the insect dies. According to the meeting they are told basically to use a wide variety of what they have avail to them.
Just speculation, but my assumption is..."if this andd that" don't do it, do that and this.."
I don't want to give false notes, just wanted to verify that it takes alot to kill the damn things and takes time, possibly longer than we thought or once was... -
nomorebugs
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 7 2007 17:07:59
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DE is a mechanical killer. It's sharp and pierces bugs skin, then they dry out.
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paulaw0919
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 7 2007 17:21:08
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Correct. Origianlly they said 1 wk to 10 days to kill. They are finding out it is now taking longer.
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BBsBlow
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Nov 7 2007 17:54:40
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That's too funny- I was treated with that very chemical myself today. I'm just glad it didn't smell. While I've never heard it mentioned, I was told that it's a residual.
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