Cockroach Monday - Ep.4 - THE RIGHT WAY TO DUST BEDBUGS and ROACHES! 

Very helpful videos. A friend who works for a pest control company told me "When we do apartment complexes, our goal is to get callbacks and repeat business. It's in our interest to maintain the problem for continual treatment.", and that he makes a paste with maple syrup or bacon grease and Borax when they really want to get it done. He also stated with apartment complexes, they require the tenants leaving during treatment, leaving no witnesses if they just wanna do a 15 minute job instead of a 2+ hour job. Especially if they're crunched on time and have multiple scheduled visits, especially during winter and late summer. Lastly, he said the company he works for only uses a few cheap formulas and roaches generally adapt after 2-3 treatments, so they just say "the tenant is dirty, tenant has clutter they hid in", because most landlords will happily believe every tenant is dirty before believing pest control service was lazy or cheap - especially if they're using the cheapest service available and don't wanna pay more. In such a case, the tenant gets what the landlord pays for (next to nothing), then blamed for it. Through your videos I hope to safely deal with this problem and also to understand the perspective of pest control experts and not being the tenant who's place they take one look at and say "gee, no matter what we do, this person's lifestyle will never eliminate the roaches". It takes a team between a non-cheap landlord, a strong-willed tenant willing to take every measure required, as long as required, and a good pest control individual who's having a good day and is feeling the "get it done" vibe.

I'm a PCO in San Diego , I'll keep this short. You Sir are a credit to the industry.

i live in an apartment bldg, the other tenants are happy living with roaches, I am not. the exterminator came 4 times but was ineffective. finally I bought diatemaceous earth and I sprinkled it around all the floorboards, along the back of my kitchen counter, around the fridge and stove. under my bed and so on. now I only see one occasionally as they come in from the other apartments.

Thank you Jason. I already started dusting and I put too much around my baseboards. So I will just rub it into the carpet to make it more invisible. And I wasn't using my duster upside down! I'm glad you showed I can still use my electrical box even though I apply the dust. I can't thank you enough for this. I haven't seen any bed bugs, but I get bit daily. I see their tracks on the walls and ceilings. But my landlord wont get an exterminator until he see's an actual bug! Or, he wants my doctor to confirm my bites. Impossible, the bites aren't always the same pattern! You should win an award, Jason!

From 13:54 sound is too low. Very good video! Thank you so much! Your directions and warnings are very clear and I've decided to use an N95 mask for applications. I thought more was better, but now I know that they won't walk through it if they can see it! That's why they give you the duster with the DE, duh!

Great video! Thank you! Ah, I keep wanting to dust thick layers.

I love your tips thank you very much

Thank you! I bought an older house this year, and I have to get rid of the roaches that have started coming in through all the little cracks.

what about how diatomaceous earth to kill cockroaches under refrigerator do i move it then sprinkle then move it back I don't have a duster

I've seen cockroaches only on my floors of my kitchen so I've applied diatomaceous earth to the floors and around appliances. I know I have it too thick so I swept it a bit into cracks, etc. Is that right? I have baits in every kitchen cabinet but haven't seen any there. I also applied some going up my stairwell and around my laundry hamper because I saw two there on separate occasions. Can you tell me where else I should apply the diatomaceous earth given what I've just explained? I've covered all my outlets with masking tape or outlet covers but did not dust behind them. How much surface area and how many outlets should I do? I'm not sure what to do, and am super freaked out.

Is that what ur truck looks like. Awesome 😎

Oh gheez!!! I have thick dust all over!!! Now I know

11:40 actually shows how to dust

Check the ovenmittts , once overlooked those amd found a ton of roaches in the mittens

Delta dust is great. Wonder if it works for European earwigs?

what kind of "dust" are ya usin?

What's the difference between diamatecous earth that's food grade which says 100% diamatecous and the insect killer one which is 85% but dosen't list the other ingredients? I wanna use it outside as per your recommendation but I've got the food grade one on me right now.

I’ve actually seen German cockroaches come out of the outlet from where prongs go in the outlet. Do I need to or can I puff some of the DE in the outlets themselves?

Can you do a video on boric acid your thoughta and application of it and how does it work. I sub I gain a lot of info here. Also what about moth ball for roaches?

This was super helpful. I just bought food grade diatomaceous earth for the first time and was about to sprinkle it lightly around. You communicated very well that it needs to be a super light dusting in order to actually work. I am confused, though, why you have to be so very careful if you are just using a tiny amount in or near your kitchen. I completely understand why you wouldn't want to breathe it in, but I thought it wasn't toxic for mammals. When I sprinkle it on the perimiter of my house outside, do I dust just as lightly? Also, I don't have a duster and I really wanted to apply it right away as the roaches have suddenly gotten out of control. Am I out of luck until I can get one?

hi Jason, is it okay to use pure powdered sulfur to kill roaches? I saw a comment on a video that said that pure powdered sulfur kills all ants, roaches, snakes, spiders, and most crawling creatures. Also, do you think it would be helpful to add sugar to boric acid when you dust for german cockroaches? thanks for all the helpful videos.

I can understand poisons requiring only a light coating, but for some reason I'm questioning diatomaceous earth working if applied lightly. Anyone Use DE in the way suggested in the video, and if so, did it work?