Thanks for sharing!! Must try!! Just a FYI... according to "this old house" landscaper you can drill a hole on a downward angle with a bigger drill bit where the water puddles in the tree allowing the water to drain out with no damage to the tree. It will actually help from rot.... and mosquitos!!
Oh boy, where to start. 1).Your premise of treating mosquito landing / hiding areas is sound. Good job. 2). In addition to spraying, I'd be looking at using some larvaciding treatments also. 3). The additive you used is Bifenthrin (BI-FEN-THRIN) ... not pronounced Bif..in but Bi (long I) fen. 4). Additionally, devices such as the Mosquito Magnet (especially with the Octenol addition) work well. Utilize wind currents to aid in placement... mosquitoes are attracted to CO2 given off during exhalation. 5). Of course the insecticides used will also kill other non-target organisms so use care when applying. 6). There are beneficial mosquitoes that actually live in tree holes and are predatory on other mosquitoes. 7). Get a backpack mister / blower and save the hose dragging. They emit much smaller particle size to aid in penetration. 8). Your dust mask did not help much. Better get a cartridge respirator. Good on the eye protection though. 9). Buy your neighbors some of the blacklight type bug zappers. They attract mosquitoes! LOL
When I saw the length of your video, I thought "Oh gawd, is he going to tell us about his kids, how little Judy is doing in afternoon kindergarten, and how little 8yo Tommy is almost cured after his second attempt at Alcoholics Anonymous?" Much to my surprise, I was wrong for the first time ever. This was a GREAT video and exceptionally informative. I plan on using your method, right down to the color of dye you used. Thank you for taking the time to make such a thorough video, on such an irritating problem! P.S. I hope little Tommy finally kicks his problem before the 4th grade starts.
They can breed in your rain spouts too. I am wanting to get ours covered. Hopefully that will make a difference. Im going to put our screenhouse up this year. Mosquitoes are terrible this year. Yikes! I want to be able to sit in my backyard & enjoy it instead of some pesky things flying around annoying the hell out of ya. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe & God bless
We have lived in our home about 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta for over 34 years and have had mosquitos , but never a problem with them. This year our next door neighbor employed a mosquito control company by the name of Mosquito Joe. Whereas before this we had an abundance of bugs and accordingly many birds, we now observe NO insects in the night lights. I mean zero insects. This year there have been NO bees, honey bee, bumble bee, wasp, NADA. Indiscriminate insecticide use has totally changed nature as it existed before Mosquito Joe. The bird population has moved on due to lack of food. I agree that mosquitos are a problem in less developed countries, but mosquito control has ruined our natural environment.
You might consider putting a splitter on that faucet and then running PVC Underground, bringing it up by your fence. A pressure washer with a chemical injector would work wonders as well.
Say bro is it tru that the big mosquito things we used to call" mosquito eaters" are really male that helps the female's reproduce.. So kill them every chance you get?? Right..
Great job and great video, Doc! My two cents… I think it would be better if you start spaying in the woods and backing up towards your home, so you do not walk where you already sprayed. Try to avoid as much contact with those pesticides as possible. Amazing lawn!
I've been a painter for years and we use airless equipment am I clean out my sprayer it blows a cloud of the most finest itemized missed you could ever imagine that could easily travel 50 feet in all directions more with the Wind if need be. That was a very large airless sprayer though to sprayers at one time and on-demand one which is nice light turned on me squeeze trigger. Second option you might appreciate is a power washer with a wand just like a car wash Victor the car wash but with more power how you can blow a cloud of mist he shot in the air is just super fine mist I've got one is portable just plug a hose into it from a just hook your hose up to it changes average 40 PSI to over a hundred PSI you can power wash sidewalks low paying off your house hurt your hands and skin so use caution spraying compressed air wow you can literally create a fog you love it so much you'll do your neighbors area for free thanks Doc hopefully that helps you let me know you can rent them as well as much as you spray you might want to buy our rent, or thirty-five bucks approximately good respirators important
I have used this seeded mats & they do work. Takes min. 2 wks. to germinate. Never ever had any luck w/ seeds. They just don't "take", so not wasting money on seeds ever again.
NICE GRASS!! omg that's bare foot grass! I miss that so much!! When I was growing up, we had the softest grass on the block. Now, I wouldn't go to the mailbox without shoes. : (
For running all that distance with hose you should use 3/4" hose. You won't get the pressure drop for the length. You might even consider running a 1" underground feed to the edge of your gate to get your source water closer to where your using it. Another point is the fire dept might want to replace their 1" rubber fire hoses. If you can buy them used you might get a deal, but there expensive for 1".
I was told by my county mosquito controller (Fl) to use “flea and tick” dog shampoo in the sprayer...it is supposed to kill our hideous “No-See-Ums” which have a worse bite then a mosquito. I have a berm behind my yard which is rooted in a sandy soil, where these monsters thrive. I tried it and think it may have actually helped.i think my birds and squirrels are happier too.
I love the idea with the die as I had some cutter doing a yard on a few occasions and was spraying the hell out of the area only to get semi ending point and realize not even a quarter of the bottle emptied we're before it took the entire bottle to cover the same amount of area! That is a great tip! Where can you find the dye additive?
Doesnt Bifen kill bee’s? My local farm store sold me some for ants and other insects around the house but said not to spray on plants or my yard as it’s pretty hard on the bee populations.
Second that. Well... third that actually... Work has had me wrapped up but I’m kicking it off this weekend. Mosquitogeddon that is. All he’s doing is good and very accurate info. I’d like to add that me putting 2-3 bird feeders out and keeping them refilled made a huge difference! Sounds crazy but I had so many song birds coming for miles they actually knocked a dent in them! Bug zappers, propane fogger, and spraying twice a summer made it to where we could hang out at dusk outside and not see a mosquito. Very nice... oh by the way, I was always hearing about west Nile and it seemed so far away and the usual “it won’t happen to me”. Well it did back in 2011 and let me tell ya, you want no part of that business
I just came across your video first of all I want to say what a great backyard it is huge. I am going to give that a try I have use Cutter it seem to work well when spray. But if I can boosted up a bit sounds great I just wasn't sure at what time to spray it because I have dogs. I would wait until night fall because the dogs won't be going out until morning.
Hi, I sprayed my yard and house all over with bifen.... I sprayed the patio light right outside my door..... so far so good with mosquitos and keeping bugs out, but tonight, 6 days after spraying (no rain for 48 hours after I sprayed) when I was out at night with patio light on, the flies were BAD right at the light... swarming the light.... I sprayed the light and surrounding part of the house by the light... this was the 1st time since I sprayed that I went outside with patio light on..... will the flies that kept hitting the light eventually die off from the residual of the bifen it (7.9%) or is bifen just not effective for flies that are attracted to the light?
Doc - First off, excellent instructional video. But as a guy who's clearly very serious about his mosquito control, I am shocked you don't have a backpack fogger.
It's a lot of work but if you rent or borrow a chipper shredder and get rid of that debris out there would help out tremendously and you have to spray a lot less chemicals.
Hi guys, So i know that the sprays usually states "lasts up to x amount of weeks" aside from respraying after rain, when and how often should you spray this? What time of the day should you spray and how soon can kids and pets go into the yard after spraying? Thanks for the help.
During spring and summer months probably once every 2 months or if infestation is bad go once a month. With the Bifen you will get rid of all sorts of insects, spiders, roaches and many many more!
I just did the 4oz in a cutter bottle and noticed no where near the flow I should be seeing. Seems like a great idea, going to buy the OFF brand bottle next to see if flow is improved.
He should put a plastic water pipe under ground all the way back to the fence and hook up to a pressure booster. Shorten the hose deal, and beat the bugs!!
There is a bread of mosquito in New Mexico that dosent mind the sunshine. They have a black bread that stays in the shade, but the brown ones don't care. They come out in the heat of the day no problem. I even seen one during a rain storm lol
What about using a fogger for mosquitos ? I have used it twice in woods that were infested due to ponding water. Worked well but only seemed to last a day or two.
Great tip with the dye, but I'm not a chemist and I don't like mixing chemicals together unless it says it is safe to do so. And, use gloves. Other than them two points, good video.
I don't have a lot of hidden water around my place. But I have rain barrels and a gutter grow system ( food plants ) . So I know where 90 % of my standing water is. I can get rid of at least 50 + % buy using " Mosquito Bits " It is simple and quick to just sprinkle these little bits in any water I come across. BAM, In two days I don't see or feel any of them. Pretty cheap to if you shop and buy them in larger containers. I think is dissolves the larvae's exoskeleton. And adult mosquitoes don't live very long. PS It won't poison your pets either.
I watched another video recommending to drop the mosquito dunks in those little pools of water. The larvae will feed on it & die before they become mosquitos and is inexpensive. That alone will cut down the pest control dramatically.
What if your property is not heavily wooded and has "mostly" low brush and has general low vegetation but you still have lots of mosquitos; what do you spray or how do you control the mosquitos?
Since that patch of woods behind your house isn't that thick before it ends at a road, wouldn't it be cheaper just to spend a few days cleaning it up to give the little blood suckers less space to breed and hide?
Doc, is there any reason why you don't use a self-contained pump sprayer (other than the psi issue)? It just seems like a big extra expense to purchase all that extra house. Thanks for the useful vid!
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Thanks for sharing!! Must try!!
Just a FYI... according to "this old house" landscaper you can drill a hole on a downward angle with a bigger drill bit where the water puddles in the tree allowing the water to drain out with no damage to the tree. It will actually help from rot.... and mosquitos!!
Good tip!
I wish this guy was my neighbor! He is a legend!
Oh boy, where to start. 1).Your premise of treating mosquito landing / hiding areas is sound. Good job. 2). In addition to spraying, I'd be looking at using some larvaciding treatments also. 3). The additive you used is Bifenthrin (BI-FEN-THRIN) ... not pronounced Bif..in but Bi (long I) fen. 4). Additionally, devices such as the Mosquito Magnet (especially with the Octenol addition) work well. Utilize wind currents to aid in placement... mosquitoes are attracted to CO2 given off during exhalation. 5). Of course the insecticides used will also kill other non-target organisms so use care when applying. 6). There are beneficial mosquitoes that actually live in tree holes and are predatory on other mosquitoes. 7). Get a backpack mister / blower and save the hose dragging. They emit much smaller particle size to aid in penetration. 8). Your dust mask did not help much. Better get a cartridge respirator. Good on the eye protection though. 9). Buy your neighbors some of the blacklight type bug zappers. They attract mosquitoes! LOL
When I saw the length of your video, I thought "Oh gawd, is he going to tell us about his kids, how little Judy is doing in afternoon kindergarten, and how little 8yo Tommy is almost cured after his second attempt at Alcoholics Anonymous?" Much to my surprise, I was wrong for the first time ever. This was a GREAT video and exceptionally informative. I plan on using your method, right down to the color of dye you used. Thank you for taking the time to make such a thorough video, on such an irritating problem! P.S. I hope little Tommy finally kicks his problem before the 4th grade starts.
They can breed in your rain spouts too. I am wanting to get ours covered. Hopefully that will make a difference. Im going to put our screenhouse up this year. Mosquitoes are terrible this year. Yikes! I want to be able to sit in my backyard & enjoy it instead of some pesky things flying around annoying the hell out of ya. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe & God bless
We have lived in our home about 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta for over 34 years and have had mosquitos , but never a problem with them. This year our next door neighbor employed a mosquito control company by the name of Mosquito Joe. Whereas before this we had an abundance of bugs and accordingly many birds, we now observe NO insects in the night lights. I mean zero insects. This year there have been NO bees, honey bee, bumble bee, wasp, NADA. Indiscriminate insecticide use has totally changed nature as it existed before Mosquito Joe. The bird population has moved on due to lack of food. I agree that mosquitos are a problem in less developed countries, but mosquito control has ruined our natural environment.
I treat large mosquito filled yard myself. Its way easier then I ever knew. This guy is giving a lot of good information.
I hear ya. Fighting mosquitoes here in south Texas. Will try your methods. I come in every morning soaked with sweat, but the rewards are worth it.
I have implemented this process with Great Succes!!! I fully enjoy my Back Yard using this method Thank You
Omg I’m in love with his grass, yard, pool and all 😍😍😍😍😍
You might consider putting a splitter on that faucet and then running PVC Underground, bringing it up by your fence. A pressure washer with a chemical injector would work wonders as well.
as a licensed pest control technician, i approve!
Say bro is it tru that the big mosquito things we used to call" mosquito eaters" are really male that helps the female's reproduce.. So kill them every chance you get?? Right..
Are granuals as effective as spray or is spray the way to go?
He must have a PhD in mosquito smiting. I learned SO much from this one video.
he is SOUTHERN certified.
My dye and bifen are ordered and on the way. Mosquitos will soon be eradicated from my property! Thanks Doc!
When he started factoring in viscosity I knew I came to the right place.
Great job and great video, Doc! My two cents… I think it would be better if you start spaying in the woods and backing up towards your home, so you do not walk where you already sprayed. Try to avoid as much contact with those pesticides as possible. Amazing lawn!
I've been a painter for years and we use airless equipment am I clean out my sprayer it blows a cloud of the most finest itemized missed you could ever imagine that could easily travel 50 feet in all directions more with the Wind if need be. That was a very large airless sprayer though to sprayers at one time and on-demand one which is nice light turned on me squeeze trigger. Second option you might appreciate is a power washer with a wand just like a car wash Victor the car wash but with more power how you can blow a cloud of mist he shot in the air is just super fine mist I've got one is portable just plug a hose into it from a just hook your hose up to it changes average 40 PSI to over a hundred PSI you can power wash sidewalks low paying off your house hurt your hands and skin so use caution spraying compressed air wow you can literally create a fog you love it so much you'll do your neighbors area for free thanks Doc hopefully that helps you let me know you can rent them as well as much as you spray you might want to buy our rent, or thirty-five bucks approximately good respirators important
Thank you sooooo much. We had a ton of rain last week, so the mosquitos are out early in full force!
Your grass is so green and perfect.
I have zero G and I have 2 of those “STUPID” expandable hoses and I LOVE them!!! Never leek❤️
I didn't really like my zero G hose till I ran it over with my mower and it didn't even have a scratch. Thanks for the great videos.
Yep.....Have some going on 3 years old...….. great hose.
I have used this seeded mats & they do work. Takes min. 2 wks. to germinate. Never ever had any luck w/ seeds. They just don't "take", so not wasting money on seeds ever again.
NICE GRASS!! omg that's bare foot grass! I miss that so much!! When I was growing up, we had the softest grass on the block. Now, I wouldn't go to the mailbox without shoes. : (
For running all that distance with hose you should use 3/4" hose. You won't get the pressure drop for the length. You might even consider running a 1" underground feed to the edge of your gate to get your source water closer to where your using it. Another point is the fire dept might want to replace their 1" rubber fire hoses. If you can buy them used you might get a deal, but there expensive for 1".
Wow, you have a really nice backyard!
I was told by my county mosquito controller (Fl) to use “flea and tick” dog shampoo in the sprayer...it is supposed to kill our hideous “No-See-Ums” which have a worse bite then a mosquito. I have a berm behind my yard which is rooted in a sandy soil, where these monsters thrive. I tried it and think it may have actually helped.i think my birds and squirrels are happier too.
You really know about mosquito 👍 everything you said is true👍👍
I love the idea with the die as I had some cutter doing a yard on a few occasions and was spraying the hell out of the area only to get semi ending point and realize not even a quarter of the bottle emptied we're before it took the entire bottle to cover the same amount of area! That is a great tip! Where can you find the dye additive?
Does the dye stain things over time like the fence, pool stuff, concrete, and grass???
Doesnt Bifen kill bee’s? My local farm store sold me some for ants and other insects around the house but said not to spray on plants or my yard as it’s pretty hard on the bee populations.
I like the privacy of the back yard, but would cut down all low limbs and clear out the ground level debris too.
Took your advice on the ZeroG hose. It’s great.
I used that cutter stuff and all it seemed too do is piss them off. Lol
Dude is serious about some mosquito slaying.
Someone's gotta be...lol
I'm sitting on the back porch getting bit as we speak. Time for me to step up my mosquito game.
I was thinking the same thing. Lol
Second that. Well... third that actually...
Work has had me wrapped up but I’m kicking it off this weekend. Mosquitogeddon that is. All he’s doing is good and very accurate info. I’d like to add that me putting 2-3 bird feeders out and keeping them refilled made a huge difference! Sounds crazy but I had so many song birds coming for miles they actually knocked a dent in them!
Bug zappers, propane fogger, and spraying twice a summer made it to where we could hang out at dusk outside and not see a mosquito. Very nice... oh by the way, I was always hearing about west Nile and it seemed so far away and the usual “it won’t happen to me”. Well it did back in 2011 and let me tell ya, you want no part of that business
Wade
My dad got west Nile back in 2012 in NY after hurricane Sandy. So crazy.
Thanks so much for this educational bug treatment 101!
I just came across your video first of all I want to say what a great backyard it is huge. I am going to give that a try I have use Cutter it seem to work well when spray. But if I can boosted up a bit sounds great I just wasn't sure at what time to spray it because I have dogs. I would wait until night fall because the dogs won't be going out until morning.
Great video! Do you suggest any organic treatment options such as concentrated garlic?
Hi, I sprayed my yard and house all over with bifen.... I sprayed the patio light right outside my door..... so far so good with mosquitos and keeping bugs out, but tonight, 6 days after spraying (no rain for 48 hours after I sprayed) when I was out at night with patio light on, the flies were BAD right at the light... swarming the light.... I sprayed the light and surrounding part of the house by the light... this was the 1st time since I sprayed that I went outside with patio light on..... will the flies that kept hitting the light eventually die off from the residual of the bifen it (7.9%) or is bifen just not effective for flies that are attracted to the light?
This guy just got a new subscriber!
Fill the little holes on the tree with cement. It will significantly cut down on the larva.
Doc - First off, excellent instructional video. But as a guy who's clearly very serious about his mosquito control, I am shocked you don't have a backpack fogger.
After doing some research, it seems the sprays are better then foggers
Great Video thanks, you are the second person that recommended that product thanks. Also I like to add, my God you have a huge backyard.😮
Also A Salt Water Pool Is Extremely Undesirable To Mosquitoes. They have avoided my Aunt's Pool Since The Conversion Over From Chlorine to Salt.
He pulled out all the stops....I thought he was gonna get an infinity stone and really attack those mosquitoes
You have the definition of the american dream backyard
Try with Apple Mint plants , put them all around your garden , they do grow rapid though.
You should look into using a pressure washer with a car soap foam attachment
Easy to listen to. Thats rare on TH-cam.
As a pest control technician, i approve. HOWEVER please throw some gloves on man lol for your own safety
D Smith how often do you recommend doing the procedure on newly laid sod???
It's a lot of work but if you rent or borrow a chipper shredder and get rid of that debris out there would help out tremendously and you have to spray a lot less chemicals.
Thanks for the tips, and Lovely property you've got there
Hi guys, So i know that the sprays usually states "lasts up to x amount of weeks" aside from respraying after rain, when and how often should you spray this? What time of the day should you spray and how soon can kids and pets go into the yard after spraying? Thanks for the help.
During spring and summer months probably once every 2 months or if infestation is bad go once a month. With the Bifen you will get rid of all sorts of insects, spiders, roaches and many many more!
I just did the 4oz in a cutter bottle and noticed no where near the flow I should be seeing. Seems like a great idea, going to buy the OFF brand bottle next to see if flow is improved.
I know this video is two years old so I'm wondering if you still use this method and recipe?
Very informative, will be putting this into rotation. Question, should you have worn gloves messing with those chemicals?
Run water lines and add taps by the fence
For those trees that have those small breeding pools of water u can actually fill those up with concrete and it won't hurt the tree
How long should I wait to let my dog out? Or should I not do this method with pets?
Im wondering this to
I've read on some of the bottles to wait until the area has dried. We also had a mosquito spraying company for a short while and they said the same.
Subscribed in 10 seconds, I like this guys energy
Doc do you have anything you recommend on ants
Is there more effective method than spraying with pesticides? Those get washed off when rains.
Great video and breakdown of chemical usage
I have honey bees but I am also good at raising mosquitos. Thoughts on how to kill the mosquitos and spare the bees?
He should put a plastic water pipe under ground all the way back to the fence and hook up to a pressure booster. Shorten the hose deal, and beat the bugs!!
There is a bread of mosquito in New Mexico that dosent mind the sunshine.
They have a black bread that stays in the shade, but the brown ones don't care. They come out in the heat of the day no problem.
I even seen one during a rain storm lol
*Breed
Same here in ETX :((
What about using a fogger for mosquitos ? I have used it twice in woods that were infested due to ponding water.
Worked well but only seemed to last a day or two.
Very Nice! You're not worried about staining your fence with that dye?
Great tip with the dye, but I'm not a chemist and I don't like mixing chemicals together unless it says it is safe to do so. And, use gloves. Other than them two points, good video.
I don't have a lot of hidden water around my place. But I have rain barrels and a gutter grow system ( food plants ) . So I know where 90 % of my standing water is. I can get rid of at least 50 + % buy using " Mosquito Bits " It is simple and quick to just sprinkle these little bits in any water I come across. BAM, In two days I don't see or feel any of them. Pretty cheap to if you shop and buy them in larger containers. I think is dissolves the larvae's exoskeleton. And adult mosquitoes don't live very long. PS It won't poison your pets either.
Great video, remember people USE GLOVES..!!!!
how far in to the woods would you say to spray.how many feet.
I watched another video recommending to drop the mosquito dunks in those little pools of water. The larvae will feed on it & die before they become mosquitos and is inexpensive. That alone will cut down the pest control dramatically.
19:18 I started itching like crazy, sitting on my couch.
Does the color added to the formula stain the side walks, driveway / fences etc. ?
Eduardo Torres
Good Question
@@T25de it doesnt, just look at any brand of lawn dye on Amazon and it tells you it washes off easily will not stain even if left on.
I use cutter and have a great review on my channel. Great 📹
What about fireflies, will this effect them?
So I’m going to visit my backyard with a flamethrower to dehydrate them
That backyard is dope
FYI if you have any trees in your yard that have moss growing on them, mosquitoes hang out in the moss during the hottest part of the day
Great video! How often do you spray your yard? How long will the treatment last?
I hv a renewed interest in my yard! Thank you!
Nice backyard and grass!
I grew up thinking the ones in water were ring worms 💀😂
What if your property is not heavily wooded and has "mostly" low brush and has general low vegetation but you still have lots of mosquitos; what do you spray or how do you control the mosquitos?
Tall grass and hay fields hold a lot of mosquitos too.
Wish that would work in Louisiana
Have you tried using spray foam to fill those mosquito holes in the trees?
Dynamite
Great video! Thank you for the tips
Are these pesticides bee friendly? I hate mosquitoes and want them gone. But I’m also worried about hurting my local bee population.
Except Asian Tiger Mosquitoes are usually out biting during the day
Does the spray also kill bees, butterflies lightening bugs?
Hey Doc…what about those sprayer bottles you suggested in your previous videos? Will those work with this mixture? I bought 4 of them on your advice.🤔
Since that patch of woods behind your house isn't that thick before it ends at a road, wouldn't it be cheaper just to spend a few days cleaning it up to give the little blood suckers less space to breed and hide?
Nicely done video. Thank you.
Doc, is there any reason why you don't use a self-contained pump sprayer (other than the psi issue)? It just seems like a big extra expense to purchase all that extra house. Thanks for the useful vid!
They have an adapter for a spray nozzle for a leaf blower
I use the laser dye also. Make sure you wear gloves. If you get it on your hands it hard to remove. Learn from my mistake.
Beautiful yard!
Does using a running water hose completely water down your solution in these bottles? vs using a tank sprayer with premixed water
No, it has to be connected to the water hose, it must be diluted. Hope that helps.
Question Doc did you also spray the turf? Looking to try here in NY where mosquito issues every where.
excellent demo bro
Good informations, thank you so much 🙏