A professionally applied barrier treatment is designed to control insects, and it's directed at the foliage where mosquitoes and ticks rest rather than at your flowering plants. Applied correctly by a trained technician, it leaves established shrubs, beds, hedges, and trees intact.
Greenwich is home to some incredible landscaping. People, likely yourself included, put serious investment and years into mature plantings and manicured hedges. The worry that pest control treatment might harm plants is more than reasonable.
So you may find it comforting to know: barrier treatments work because of insect neurology. The treatments disrupt the nervous systems of insects. But plants do not have the same systems in place, which is why the treatment can help control mosquitoes and ticks resting on leaves without harming the leaves themselves.
A technician applies treatment to places where pests rest during the day, namely dense vegetation and shaded areas. Treatment is applied to resting places according to the EPA-registered label, at the right rate. Over-saturating ornamentals or dousing open blooms are actions that technicians are trained to avoid.
You may worry about your pollinators. Careful technicians also avoid pollinator-attracting flowers and open blooms. Visits are also timed to avoid contact with bees and other friendly insects. If that's a priority for your property, say so, and ask how they handle flowering beds.
Even so, if you prefer to avoid the synthetic chemicals entirely, you can do that. Mosquito Squad and other major providers also offer plant-based natural treatments. They use ingredients based on essential oils that biodegrade faster. They work well, although re-treatment is needed a little more frequently—every 14 days rather than every 21.
You don’t have to choose between beautiful and usable when it comes to your lawn. Mosquito Squad of Greenwich can help here. They can apply a barrier treatment that helps protect your outdoor space while leaving your landscaping intact, with up to 90% reduction in mosquito activity maintained on a 21-day cycle by a trained technician.
