Here are some more top performers from 2013:
Growth regulators
helped out with plants and pests this year. Bed bug, roach and flea control success
has been greatly increased by the addition of growth regulators. Casey, the new
general manager running Possum’s North Charleston store, says, “some times it
is hard to sell the growth regulator (Gentrol) to the customer trying to
control bed bugs; however, once they use it their success rate goes way up.”
Bob, the general manager running Possum’s Mt Pleasant store,
had similar success with customers controlling fleas outdoors. The addition of
a growth regulator to a contact kill product greatly increased the success of
managing a pest population.
Growth regulators help to break up the life cycle of the insect
by preventing the insect from reproducing.
With all the rain plant
growth regulators helped many contractors and brave homeowners control the
growth of their plants or turf with a control product instead of a mower or
hedge trimmer. With all the rain this spring, some yards were hard to keep
maintained with a mower because they were too wet. The right application of a
plant growth regulator can easily cut your need to mow in half to even a
quarter of the frequency that you usually mow. If you do not want to do your
whole yard, consider doing the edges along your sidewalk, driveway, and bed lines.
Less edging means more time for other activities.
The growth of your shrubs can also be controlled by plant growth regulators. Less hedging
means more time for other activities. Just think no hedging (extension cord?),
no clean up, no paper bag by street – priceless.
Surrender Fire Ant
Killer still smells but still effective! The old 75% Acephate product (most
people just called it Orthene back in the day) is still a big seller for mound
treating fire ants of Matt (general manager of Possum’s West Ashley store).
With all the rain, fire ant mounds were prolific.
MaxForce Magnum for
roach control is one of those products that friends tell friends about.
Customers will walk up to the counter and say, “my neighbor (substitute
brother, sister, cousin, guy I drink beer with, girlfriend, buddy, mother,
father, person I go to church with … you get the idea) says I need to try
MaxForce Magnum.” Invict Gold Cockroach
Gel is a great product to rotate with to introduce a new bait matrix and
new active ingredient to avoid bait aversion.
