These freaking people. The owners BEFORE me used them, I have called every year, asked their people to leave, called and called and they keep coming by. I might have to hire a lawyer at this point to make this stupid company stop trespassing and killing my bees.

Just dont do it. No matter what they tell you about it being "safe or non-toxic, it is completely toxic to the environmetn. You will kill the delightful bugs bugs your garden needs like bees, lady bugs, butterflies, fireflies. Just dont do it. Please.

Anonymous wrote:My mom died of Parkinson’s a few years ago. Early on she’s was part of a huge study where they did her genome and were looking for what could have caused the Parkinson’s in all the study participants - looking for commonalities, etc. They found nothing in her background or genetics, no family history. For people like her, the belief among scientists and doctors is that it is being caused by pesticide exposure. That is why the rates of Parkinson’s and other illnesses are going up.

I believe it. My Dad also had Parkinson’s and did the chemical bug/weed spraying in our yard. No genetic marker for him though.

My mom died of Parkinson’s a few years ago. Early on she’s was part of a huge study where they did her genome and were looking for what could have caused the Parkinson’s in all the study participants - looking for commonalities, etc. They found nothing in her background or genetics, no family history. For people like her, the belief among scientists and doctors is that it is being caused by pesticide exposure. That is why the rates of Parkinson’s and other illnesses are going up.

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Anonymous wrote:You can ask them not to spray specific areas.

I know people who sprayed Roundup on poison ivy and had their tomato plants die at other end of the yard. Just a moderate breeze can cause a drift, so I doubt that asking them to not spray one small section of the yard wil be sufficient to keep the chemicals out.

And all your neighbors, who are avoiding pesticides, get their yards poisoned, too.

^ Sorry, did not realize this thread is a decade old. The tomatoes are probably dead by now.

But it’s useful to remind everyone about mosquito buckets instead of Mosquito Squad! https://sidewalknature.com/2022/05/08/mosquito-bucket-of-doom/

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Anonymous wrote:You can ask them not to spray specific areas.

I know people who sprayed Roundup on poison ivy and had their tomato plants die at other end of the yard. Just a moderate breeze can cause a drift, so I doubt that asking them to not spray one small section of the yard wil be sufficient to keep the chemicals out.

And all your neighbors, who are avoiding pesticides, get their yards poisoned, too.

^ Sorry, did not realize this thread is a decade old. The tomatoes are probably dead by now.

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Anonymous wrote:You can ask them not to spray specific areas.

I know people who sprayed Roundup on poison ivy and had their tomato plants die at other end of the yard. Just a moderate breeze can cause a drift, so I doubt that asking them to not spray one small section of the yard wil be sufficient to keep the chemicals out.

And all your neighbors, who are avoiding pesticides, get their yards poisoned, too.

I fail to understand how spraying something that kills all the mosquitoes in MY yard keeps me from getting bitten mosquitoes from my neighbor’s yard. Apparently no one tells the mosquitoes they shouldn’t fly over the fence.

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No you can't wash it off. They use a fixing agent to keep the pesticide from washing off. If you can find out what the agent is, you may be able to use a solvent to remove it from you veggies.


Oh stop the bullshit. Of course you can wash off...it also breaks down naturally over time (otherwise you wouldn't have to spray every couple of weeks.)

MS doesn't spray our veggie garden anyway. Not part of their typical routine.

You are an idiot. It does not wash off and when they spray your yard they spray the neighbors yard. It gets everywhere. They use foggers. If it washed off they would have to reapply after every rain.

They do basically have to reapply after every rain. And they only spray our yard, and the residue is any does wash off...but thanks for playing the name-game.

DP Industry standard is a 30 day residual. This means the spray will be effective for 30 days. Companies spray more frequently because they can charge more. Once the spray has dried(usually 30 minutes) it is unaffected by rain- ie it will not wash off. The product is broken down by sunlight. It is a contact poison. So anything that is alive that touches a sprayed surface absorbs the product. Also means in area that are in the shade the product breaks down more slowly. If it gets in to your house(say on your shoes) it does not break down.

Seems like you do not know what is being sprayed in your yard.

I had luck with BTI it can kill the larva

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No you can't wash it off. They use a fixing agent to keep the pesticide from washing off. If you can find out what the agent is, you may be able to use a solvent to remove it from you veggies.


Oh stop the bullshit. Of course you can wash off...it also breaks down naturally over time (otherwise you wouldn't have to spray every couple of weeks.)

MS doesn't spray our veggie garden anyway. Not part of their typical routine.

You are an idiot. It does not wash off and when they spray your yard they spray the neighbors yard. It gets everywhere. They use foggers. If it washed off they would have to reapply after every rain.

They do basically have to reapply after every rain. And they only spray our yard, and the residue is any does wash off...but thanks for playing the name-game.

We don't use any lawn treatments or pesticides in our yard but one of our next door neighbors has a lawn service. It makes me nervous with our veggie garden and fruit bushes. Who's to say how much is traveling over to our yard, and how many beneficial insects are killed in theirs.

Anonymous wrote:
No you can't wash it off. They use a fixing agent to keep the pesticide from washing off. If you can find out what the agent is, you may be able to use a solvent to remove it from you veggies.


Oh stop the bullshit. Of course you can wash off...it also breaks down naturally over time (otherwise you wouldn't have to spray every couple of weeks.)

MS doesn't spray our veggie garden anyway. Not part of their typical routine.

You are an idiot. It does not wash off and when they spray your yard they spray the neighbors yard. It gets everywhere. They use foggers. If it washed off they would have to reapply after every rain.

I don't think anyone doubts that the bee colony collapse is bad for people, generally speaking. However, the posters who spray and hire companies like Mosquito Squad seem to believe that THEY aren't causing problems. They see butterflies and bees fly into their yard, so it must be fine. What they don't seem to care is that those bees land on a flower in their yard, ingest poison, and then fly away to die. They can be willfully blind and not see a connection between spraying your yard with poisons and the population decline of beneficial insects.

For the poster who doesn't believe that lack of bees s bad for the environment- an article from yesterday's post.
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/we-all-get-stung-by-bee-colony-collapse/1108/

Don't spray!