Roaches

Generally correct Poppy. I would use "resistant" rather than "immune" and a direct spray most often will kill, but other than that minor quibble, I agree.

Has anyone tried spinosaid on roaches? It works great on potato bugs and other leaf eating insects so I wonder if you could spray some on some roach food.

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Don't forget to put some of that boric acid UNDER the refrigerator and the stove..

Do not store paper bags or cardboard boxes..roaches love them..

Clean out your toaster once a week..wipe your stove down after every use..

Keep garbage in a lid container..

Seal any unused electrical outlets with plastic "safety plugs"..

cellars and attics need to be treated as well as closets, and cabinets..

Another place to put it is the holes that your plumbing comes through under all your sinks.

I haven't seen a single one since I got it under control last time and exactly 8 weeks later I have seen one yesterday and one today. Apparently luckily I came down here right when they started invading since there hasnt been any new hatchlings between now and then.

I have cleaned up all the visible boric acid since then(still under fridge ect.) So I guess I need to dust the entire place again to get the hatchlings before they can lay eggs. So far I gotta say i'm satisfied with the results of the boric acid, no need to go any stronger as long as you have no pets or kids to get into it.

I also still have the boric acid in my window sills, apparently I must have had ants trying to get in because there are dead ants in it now. So boric acid stops ants dead in their tracks, never knew that...lol

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Here is what you do, spray a liquid pesticide, preferably one that will dissipate in a few days, if you can get a flushing agent in a pressurized can, you need to flush in all crevices, between and underneath appliances, under tables where the legs attach, in cabinets, between counter tops and counters, window seals etc. that way they will run through the pesticide, this should kill a lot of them, beware of roach rain though, they will try to run across the ceiling and drop on your head. I had a clean out where thousands of cockroaches did that. It was gross.

I did that, used Bengal. It dried fast no roaches for at least a year. I know it is toxic, but I was desperate. Used a mask. No harm to human or animal after it dries.


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I bought a rental house infested with roaches.... they were so thick I could vacuum up a couple gallon a day. I had a lot of remodeling to do and winter was just around the corner. With the water off while I was replumbing the place I let mom nature freeze them out. Haven't seen a single roach since then.

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ok so if u wanna get rid of them i can tell u how.i worked in inner cities and the exterminaters hated me cause i know how to do it cheaper then them.ok so go to local tractor supply get there bug bombs look on the back make SURE it says insect growth regulator igr for short then buy 1 can per room.tell neighbors u doing it.if u wanna deep treat get cheap cheap plastic and cover windows and tape off.let them off and run it will irritate your eyes come back in 8 hours open door and wait 10 minutes then open all doors and windows 4 a few minutes.do it again in 15 days then 15 days later,the point of re doing over and over is it will seep into neighbors house and kill eggs thats what the igr does.if u can get then to do it too u will def get them gone.i have done it in houses that u turn off lights and the floor crawls literally.it always works.these bombs are not cheap but thats because cheap ones dont stop them sometimes u have to order onlin at tsc as they call it a seasonal item at some stores.igr bombs is the key its sold online all over.everyone i tell argues with me and after they do it they all do it once a year as a preventitive measure.for us country folks it is great to do before winter to chase out spiders mice ect that looking to bed down in our houses barns ect

Luckily I don't have them that bad. I'm back to sneakin out there and checkin and have only seen those 2 since I got em under control last time. It has been almost exactly 8 weeks which is the exact time it takes them to hatch.As long as I get these hatchlings I think I maybe good. Heck maybe my place was the only place with them since it was sitting empty for a year. They may have came in from outside or something or the water in my p traps did dry up so maybe they came up from the sewer system.

They must not have been here long because if they had more eggs laying around they would of been hatching the entire duration not exactly 8 weeks later. I guess I'm lucky on that aspect. I have seen cockroach infested houses that would have had "roach rain" and I don't know what I would have done if I was in that situation.

So far I still have good to say the boric acid is the way to go on a small invasion(as long as it gets these last few stragglers), not sure how it would do with a massive infestation though. And the bug bomb approach wouldn't do much good unless we did it to all 8 apartments at the same time.

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"So far I still have good to say the boric acid is the way to go on a small invasion(as long as it gets these last few stragglers), not sure how it would do with a massive infestation though."

Worked fine on a 1200 seat theatre.