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Old 05-27-2023, 09:12 AM
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Default Use Professional Insecticides

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Originally Posted by Fltpkr View Post
We live south of 44, have St Augustine grass, and have had recurring problems with chinch bug infestations, which devastate our lawn. Despite preventive and real-time treatments by one of the large lawn maintenance companies and self-help based on input from our local hardware folks, we have been unable to rid our lawn of these critters. Has anyone successfully overcome these pests and, if you don’t mind sharing, what did you do to deal with them?

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Chinch bugs are not easy to defeat. Most of our lawn service companies have the means to defeat them; however, they usually do not apply the insecticide in either sufficient quantities or often enough.

Go to the Sod Solutions website, www.sodsolutions.com/insect-pestcontrol.com for excellent advice on both cultural practices and insecticides.

Another source for professional products is Do My Own - Do It Yourself Pest Control, Lawn Care, Gardening, Equipment & Animal Care Products & Supplies. It has even more products than Sod Solutions.

Both companies offer excellent advice. The professional products are not cheap and are not usually available at local stores