If you’re dealing with small pests like SPRINGTAILS or CLOVER MITES, its super important to understand how you arrived to where you are now with the infestation.
These insects don’t come from thin air. They migrate up out of the ground and initially live on or under your homes siding.
From there, they’ll migrate into your walls and eventually come out around windows, doors and baseboards.
This typically takes years but eventually they get into living spaces through windows, doors, attics and wall spaces if you don’t control them under the siding!
So to start, it’s important to make the areas under the siding inhospitable for insects. This is best achieved using XEMPT EC and BOOST. For most siding, it will penetrate deep enough to take them out. Be sure to treat from the GUTTERS down to the base of the foundation as well. Gutters are equally important compared to windows and doors meaning they are one of the main if not the main route of entry to the inside of most any home.
After treating, plan on going outside to inspect at least 1 hour after dark. Springtails are NOCTURNAL by nature so in the dark (armed with a flashlight) is the best way to spot ongoing issues that need further attention.
And if you have hardy board planks or brick siding, you should see a great reduction pretty quick. BUT often times the treatment won’t penetrate deep enough for siding like Wood Shakes, Aluminum or Vinyl.
So if you have any of these sidings, plan on POWER INJECTING. And if you have a lot of siding to treat? Get the SKY-HY NO PUMP SPRAYER. It can reach up over 30 feet so well suited for treating gutters. But it also comes with several Steel Injecting Needles. This allows you to Power Inject large areas efficiently compared to the small Power Injector system which is best for use inside only.
Either way, Power Injecting will allow you to deliver the Xempt EC where it needs to reach. Typically this will be at any edge found at corners. And the FIRST 4-8 ROWS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOME!
As you can see in this video, Power Injecting is ideal for door frames.
The Penetration of the Power Injection system is second to none and will allow you to get this area purged of all pests as explained here.
And if the vinyl or aluminum siding was installed over wood siding? Then consider adding BASE OIL. It’s compatible with Xempt EC and will get you the best PENETRATION.
As you will learn in this next video, Base Oil will allow your treatment to flow through wood.
Now we’re often asked how often you should Power Inject. We’ll that will depend on how often you see them come back. Initially, this will be as often as you see them. So plan on treating more than once a week to start.
But once you’re not seeing them anymore for 1-2 months? You’re probably good and will only need to renew the treatments twice a year thereafter.
So in summary, if you have a current home siding pest issue, use our HOSE END sprayer to apply the XEMPT EC and Boost. And if you aren’t seeing favorable results after 2 weeks, move onto Power Injecting to get them where they’re living.
Once the Power Injector knocks them out for good, treat with Xemp EC 2-3 times a year to keep the repellency feature working.
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