To control the toughest bugs on your favorite roses, flowers, vegetables, shrubs and fruit trees, SharpShooter kills the most common flying and crawling insects, including; fire ants, aphids, bean beetles, cabbage loopers, caterpillars, earwigs, flea beetles, Japanese Beetles, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, rose chafers, scales, snails/slugs and adult whiteflies.
SharpShooter is made of natural plant oils that kill insects on contact. You can even spray up to the day of harvest.
Our handy ready-to-use formula can be used indoor and outdoor.
For those larger jobs such as trees, flower and vegetable gardens, our convenient quart size concentrate will tackle the job quickly in your hose end sprayer.
Killing the Japanese Beetles directly with SharpShooter or other organic methods when they are out of control and eating all your preferred plants is sometime necessary to get ahead of the problem. However, if you don't treat your lawn and surrounding areas for grubs you will be doing battle with Japanese Beetles forever and in the end you will lose.
In order to treat the cause of the problem you will want to use Milky Spore on your turf and grounds and maybe even Nematodes to kill the grubs and eggs in the soil where they breed.
10 oz. Milky Spore Treats 2,500 Sq. Ft.
40 oz. Milky Spore, Treats 10,000 Sq. Ft.-About 1/4 acre
20 lbs bags cover 7,000 sq. ft.
Apply three times a year for two years.
Call for shipping quote on multiple bag orders of 6 or more
50 lbs drum/covers 5 acres $1,149.00
Includes Shipping
*Price includes shipping Milky Spore dispenser tubes $13.95/each
The dispenser tube (Seen to the left) goes Priority Mail which means that when you order Milky Spore and a Dispenser one will show up before the other so, don't be surprised if that happens. They take a while to catch up with each other.
You don't need the dispenser tube when you buy the bagged product. That product goes through a spreader.
Click herefor a download of the label on the 40 oz can
Crabshell Fertilizer can help kill grubs too. Apply with milky spore, to give your lawn a fighting chance against the grubs, and fertilize to help restore it after the beating it took.
The best policy for treatment of insect problems is to Identify what insect you're dealing with. Then, find out what habitat it thrives in and, once you do that, when ever possible, change the habitat to one they don't like. This will often times make them go away. Sometimes this can mean, planting different plants in that area that the insect(s) aren't attracted to, or, changing the soil from wet heavy soil to light sandy soil or vice versa.
If you have bugs that eat wood, find the food source and fix it or get rid of it when ever possible. Repair and replace any rotted sills or posts around the property. Some areas of the country are now facing problems with wood eating ants or termites that never had them before, because of the excessive use of bark mulch in landscaping practices. Use stone mulch or other suitable material if you find this to be the case in your area.
Remember, some insects are beneficial to your landscape and farm. You want them there, like the black ants on your Peonies. They eat the sap that sticks the bud leaves together and make them flower.
You can kill as many bugs as you like but, if the conditions are right for them to be there, they will probably just move back in again and you'll be buying a lot of insecticide with your hard earned money!
Follow the directions on the label of any product you buy and maintain "Good Safety Practice" at all times. Remember, even natural substances can be harmful if used improperly.
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