Wilson® BUG-X OUT® Chinch Bug Nematodes
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Regular price $39.99If you’re faced with a chinch bug infestation, and you don’t want to use a chemical pesticide, turn to Mother Nature instead! Beneficial nematodes are small microscopic worms. They are mixed in with water to wake them up and sprayed on grass. Once on the grass blades and on the soil surface, they search for a host, which is usually an adult chinch bug or chinch bug larvae. The nematodes carry a pathogen that they inject into the host insect, and that pathogen multiplies and kills them within a day or two. Then the nematodes lay their eggs on the dead chinch bug. New babies go out and search for more. Mother Nature comes through again.
Step 1
Water your lawn 24 to 48 hours prior to application to move chinch bugs closer to the soil surface, thereby maximizing contact with the nematodes.
Step 2
Remove sprayer lid.
Step 3
Open nematodes globe and place the pouches in the sprayer. To avoid clogging the sprayer, do not tear or open the pouches when placing into the sprayer.
Step 4
Activate nematodes by adding about 2.5 cm (1 in) of warm water in the sprayer. Activated nematodes are sufficiently small so that they will pass through the mesh of the pouches.
Step 5
Open plastic vial and pour natural wetting agent into sprayer bottle. The wetting agent helps the solution cling to the grass where cinch bugs forage.
Step 6
Add room temperature water to fill sprayer bottle.
Step 7
Fasten lid securely and shake vigorously to evenly disperse nematodes. Activated nematodes are sufficiently small so that they will pass through the mesh of the pouches.
Step 8
Attach garden hose to sprayer and turn valve to “Mix” position to begin spraying.
Step 9
Start spraying in most affected area of lawn first and complete spraying outwards to provide total nematode coverage. Agitate spraying solution often during application because nematodes are heavier than water and will sink to the bottom of the bottle.
Step 10
Keep lawn moist for the next 3 days (or 1 week in dry weather) to ensure nematodes are flushed into the turf canopy where chinch bugs are present.
Tips
- Chinch bug damage is most common during July and August when weather is hot and dry. Monitor chinch bugs from June to August.
- Apply nematodes to lawns when the soil temperature is between 10 °C and 32 °C (50 °F - 90 °F) and water lawn copiously in the following days.
- Apply to soil in the early morning or evening to avoid heat and direct sunlight.
