[mtdjed]

I have been successfully performing my own home insect pesticide treatment using a product called Suspend SC. 4 treatments per year with a handheld sprayer.

I Note that there are several generic versions now available with the same active ingredient and in the same percent ratio. (Evolve SC and Adjourn SC)

Just wondering if anyone in this forum has used either of these generic products and their evaluation?

[CrosbyStills]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

I have been successfully performing my own home insect pesticide treatment using a product called Suspend SC. 4 treatments per year with a handheld sprayer.

I Note that there are several generic versions now available with the same active ingredient and in the same percent ratio. (Evolve SC and Adjourn SC)

Just wondering if anyone in this forum has used either of these generic products and their evaluation?

Up north we had a pesticide service that came regularly to walk around the house and spray. I forget how much it was, but let's just throw out $50/month. One day, the guy was walking around spraying while I was in the driveway and his tailgate was down and the product was sitting there after he mixed it and walked away. I looked. Turns out, it was Suspend SC, a Bayer product. Well, a quick looky at the internet showed that for one month's service cost I could buy a bottle that would last me about 6 months.

Ordered it up, bought a Ryobi battery-powered sprayer (which is a Godsend not having all that constant hand-pumping to maintain pressure).

Once I got through the water mixing ratio (different for first application vs re-application) I wrote it on the side of the bottle with a Sharpie™.

Now spraying for pests is super easy and very cost effective.

That's my firsthand experience (not an A.I. response) with Suspend SC.

[retiredguy123]

I used Massey for pest control for a few years, and I never had any insects. I cancelled my Massey contract several years ago and I sprayed Ortho around the permeter of the house. I still had no insects. I stopped using Ortho, and I still have no insects. Go figure.

[Sparky99]

Massey is less messy.

[vintageogauge]

I use home defense and the only bugs we ever have had are those ghost ants that come up through the floor or drains. I treat for subterranean termites myself also.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I used Massey for pest control for a few years, and I never had any insects. I cancelled my Massey contract several years ago and I sprayed Ortho around the permeter of the house. I still had no insects. I stopped using Ortho, and I still have no insects. Go figure.

Maybe your eyesight is getting as bad as mine :-)

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I used Massey for pest control for a few years, and I never had any insects. I cancelled my Massey contract several years ago and I sprayed Ortho around the permeter of the house. I still had no insects. I stopped using Ortho, and I still have no insects. Go figure.

I'm surprised how few bugs we have, probably because most all neighbors treat.

[Maker]

Spraying the same product long term will fail eventually. Some bugs will develop resistance, and those will thrive. You will then spray more, but it won't help.

Need to rotate through different products. To know when to put down different concentrations. To know when treating for something that one chemical does not address, needing to change before wasting time using the ineffective one.