Garden Safe Brand Crawling Insect Killer Containing Diatomaceous Earth, 4 Pounds, Kills Cockroaches, Ants and Other Listed Crawling Insects by Contact, For Use Indoors & Outdoors

Usually the front yard is treated with insecticide, which is what I believe relocated or “herded” the ants into the vegetable enclosure. Who knew? It was recommended that I use Diatomaceous Earth as a perimeter barrier and also apply directly to any ant nests that have started to come up through the barrier cloth in the enclosure. I’ve never used Diatomaceous earth (DE) before, so at least now I’ll know first hand what all the hype is about and if it works. By the way, there are different “flavors” of DE and some are not for human consumption or even your yard. This one is of horticulture grade for both yard and bugs.It’s a super fine powder (like baby powder, but not as heavy as flour) that is off white in color. The powder is made up of crushed, sharp fossilized remains of algae and diatoms making it a chemical and synthetic free pest treatment. For “soft bodied” insects (like ants), any contact with the powder is akin to walking on broken glass that kills them. The DE comes in a decent size bag at a whopping 4 pounds that’s guaranteed to cover a lot of real estate and can be liberally applied to your yard without worry of running out. It does not smell, and it does not stain. Applicator is not included. For the applicator, I usually keep on hand a couple of old Kinder’s BBQ Sauce bottles. They are easy to clean, labels peel straight off without resistance, they have a wide neck for filling and is easy to squeeze as a sprayer. -You could also use a cheap turkey baster. For my problem, I simply sprinkled DE around the areas where the ants live and around each vegetable pot to take care of earwigs, beetles, tomato hornworms and army worms. As far as ants hills go, this is not an instant kill or kill on contact solution like Raid, so be patient. It took a little over 2 days and another dose of DE to completely rid the enclosure of ants. They are now permanently gone and have not moved back into the front yard. By the way, watch out for the wind when applying. Areas with flowering plants that usually have pollinators or attract bees, lady bugs, butterflies etc. need to be avoided as DE does not differentiate between good beneficial insects and bad ones. Since they are also soft bodied, this stuff will kill them. Just saying.Hopefully the ants have moved on to the back lot & I’m fine with that. This has worked for my ant and earwig problem. As for the tomato horn worm and army worms, they still take less time to identify and kill manually. There’s a lot of bang for your buck with this bag, and as gardeners we should be thankful for both the quantity and price. It’s a fantastic deal when compared to other brands. P.S. I did read somewhere that for hard to reach spots on plants, you can actually mix 4 tablespoons DE to 1 gallon of water to spray directly on your leaves. Anyway, as a pest control treatment, this is very effective for ants and earwigs. I can’t speak on other bugs yet since not a problem at this time. The volume and quality for the price point is a steal! Go for it 5 stars!

I love diatomaceous earth, as it is an effective and environmentally safe method to control pesky little bugs that can destroy a plant in no time. If you don’t like the messiness of baking, then you will not like the messiness of this product, and I’d recommend you finding a different hobby. It’s a big sized bag, so plenty to go on all my plants and still have more leftover. The value is a steal, especially since most products on the market give you a fraction of this size and charge almost as much as this bag! The simple and quick application of diatomaceous earth will always be an influencing factor for me, so all around this product is a 10/10.

I moved in a neighborhood where there was roaches when i walked my dog went to garbage and of course in the house... I bought this item along with boric acid for a dealer here... I am now seeing no live roaches, not when I walk not when i am in the house except a dried-up one. These people were kind of gross they lived with it. I on the sly treated all the houses around me I let the stuff blow in the air as far as it would go. I placed it in my attic, my doors under furniture in shelves and outside. I had to do this because when you live around people who find these gross things acceptable the problem is pretty big. Now I can feel comfortable because i only see dried-up ones even outside .. I also went around my gate and also let some blow in the nieghbors yard!

Coulda been a hundred different things, but after spreading this on my garden I did notice less invasive bugs.

I have to take the time to stop and write this review because I am so impressed with this powder. We moved into this home 3 years ago so this is our third spring season here. The home was not well maintained for well over 20 years so there was a massive earwig infestation not to mention black widow spiders in the basement and a yard full of tree spiders and ants that felt like they were pretty free to come on in the house and chill with us. We weren't okay with that and after 2 years of dealing with earwigs getting into the bathtubs, crawling through our window seals and getting in the bed and pinching us at night, getting into our food (we don't have cockroaches but we are comparing them to cockroaches because they are just as big of a pest and they can pinch the crap out of you 😠) I did some research and came up with this product. I read mixed reviews and decided I needed to just try it. I live in the south where the earwigs come out in March and by the 1st of April there are thousands of them everywhere. The house has an oversized eave around it so I was able to liberally apply a lot of this powder all the way around the house and it didn't get rained on. I also put a very thick coating around the inside of the carport where pests come from the flower beds under the carport walls and straight into the back door. Basically I coated every square inch and every crack that I could see. Then I went in to tackle the basement. The black widows live in the humidity and thrive down there. So I went into every dark corner and basically just tossed it everywhere. Mind you, I was wearing a mask and I recommend that. We don't have much sitting in the basement because of the widows but the few things down there did get powder all over it. Then I stood on a ladder and pressed powder all around every single air duct vent that comes into the house from the basement. Then I really went crazy and started throwing it into the rafters and insulation because I know there are spiders in there; webs are everywhere. And the results are? I've only seen one earwig this entire spring season (and our spring season starts in February haha). Usually by this time of year my husband has killed many half dollar sized spiders in the carport. Currently we've seen none. I have flower beds all along the front of the house. Usually when I go out there to mess around in my garden, earwigs go everywhere. So do beetles. Not anymore. After applying everywhere I waited a few days and went back around the perimeter of the house and looked for dead bugs. There were so many dead beetles I couldn't believe it. I didn't even know there were so many beetles trying to get in. And I haven't seen any more black widow spiders although I know there are still a few lurking they are not as brave as they were. Oh and the front porch! There's a huge pin oak tree near the front porch thats roots have raised the front porch two inches away from the house. The landlord refuses to take the tree down and that's besides the point but the crack creates a wonderful loving home for carpenter ants and more earwigs. I filled that entire crack with this powder and I haven't seen one ant. Not one. And because of the big eaves around the house and the fact that the rain can't get to it the powder just sat there for weeks killing most everything and protecting us from having to do it. Now I pressure washed all the windows/eaves/walls and all the powder got rinsed away so I've reordered and plan to reapply as often as needed. In my case I would say that's probably going to be about once a month. Also noteworthy is that I sprinkled it all through the flower beds and all of my plants are still fine. I highly highly recommend this product!

Bought this for the little flies that come out of a new bag of potting soil. Big bag, alittle bit goes a long way, good value. Have used it on various houseplants with no issues affecting plant health so far.Easy to use, but don't breathe in the dust