Applying Granular Pesticides

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"It is crucial to read the label before applying granular pesticides. This will not only give you the proper rate but will also let you know the proper calibration setting for the particular pesticide granules you are going to be spreading."

Applying Granular Pesticides

Sometimes conducting pest control treatments to get rid of insects that invade your home has to start from the outside-in rather than the other way around. That is when it may be better to use a product different from the conventional liquid insecticides. Granular insecticides do a great job to kill ants, fleas, crickets, and other pests that hang around your lawn and garden, getting rid of their trouble before they begin invading indoors.

Pesticide granules consist of a solid particle that is filled with a strong insecticide. In essence, they are basically insecticide in dry form which is spread or broadcast over specific areas such as lawns, gardens, or flower beds. 

Granular insecticides are an effective solution in situations where you don’t want the mess of liquid insecticides, especially outdoors. By using granular insecticides and spreading them around lawns and flowerbeds, you will be able to effectively manage problem pests that are trespassing indoors or eating at your plants. 

In this guide, we will discuss the popular pest control technique of applying granular pesticides, how to effectively spread granules, the options that are available as well as our top granular pesticide recommendations.

What Is Pesticide Granule Spreading?

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Spreading pesticide granules is a method of pest control that involves the use of a granular formulation pesticide that is uniformly spread onto a lawn or landscape to treat pest infestations that may be present or are damaging turf and plants.

Pesticide granules usually consist of an organic material such as sand, ground up clay or some other dry, solid substance that is embedded with a pesticide active ingredient, then bagged and spread. Pesticide granules often carry a broad label to treat many different common insects that may be hiding or residing in your yard like ants, beetles, spiders, fleas, chinch bugs, grubs and many other types of insects. 

It is important to differentiate between granular pesticides and granular baits as they are not the same despite what some people may believe. A granular bait is often a pesticide in granular form that also contains a food attractant. Granular pesticides in general are a dry form of liquid insecticides and are meant to deliver long-term control of pests that come in contact with a treated area. 

Conditions For Applying Granular Pesticides

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Granular Pesticides can be used on residential and commercial lawns, athletic fields, aquatic sites, rights-of-way, agricultural areas, flowerbeds, gardens and any other landscape where there are infestations of insects or plant damaging bugs. 

Granular pesticides work best when applied to areas that have been freshly mowed. This allows the insecticide to better penetrate the soil so mow the area you wish to treat to a low height or as close to the ground as possible.

Our Recommendation

Valar Plus Bifenthrin Granules -  Valar Plus Bifenthrin Granules is a ready-to-use granule insecticide that controls many types of insects like fleas, ticks, and fire ants. It is ideal to use on turfs and lawns around residential or commercial areas. This product is easy to apply and provides long-lasting effects.

Tools Needed

To spread granule pesticides, you will need: a hand spreader or push-type broadcast spreader, gloves, long-sleeved clothing and your selected granular pesticide.

User Guide

Before applying and spreading pesticide granules, it is important to first read the label for proper usage and the amount of granules needed to treat your yard. You should also calibrate your spreader according to what the label states for your spreader model.

Step 1: Measure the Square Footage of the Treatment Area

Measuring lawn for granular application

Finding the square footage of the treatment area will determine how much granules you will need to load your spreader to sufficiently broadcast onto the area for full coverage. To do this, you will need to measure the area length and width and multiply the two values. The label will tell you how many pounds or ounces of granules to spread per 1,000 or so square feet.

Step 2: Load Your Spreader

Loading the spreader

Load your spreader with the correct amount of granules for your treatment area. If you're using a hand spreader, you may need to load the spreader multiple times as hand spreaders are mainly for treating smaller areas. If you have a larger area to treat, a push-type broadcast spreader is suggested.

Step 3: Spread the Pesticide Granules

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Apply the pesticide granules as a broadcast application over your treatment area. For uniform coverage, you will need to make two pass-throughs perpendicular to one another or in a grid-like fashion. 

Step 4: Water in the Granules

Watering in the insecticide granules

After you have evenly spread your granules, water in the granules to activate them so the pesticide seeps into the soil and is released into the area to affect your target pest.

Benefits of Applying Granular Pesticides

  • Granular Pesticides are an effective way of treating a wide variety of common household insects or turf damaging insects. The insecticide granules come ready-to-use with no mixing required as would be the case with liquid insecticides.
  • Granular Pesticides are also safer than liquid insecticides because the granules are dry and often large and visible so the likelihood of accidentally ingesting the insecticide or being harmed by it are much lower.
  • Granular spreading of pesticides is also very easy to perform as all you need to do is load your spreader with the appropriate amount of pesticide and then spread it evenly onto the treatment area.

Drawbacks of Applying Granular Pesticides

  • While spreading of Granular Pesticides is easy, it can be difficult to apply uniformly if you have not properly calibrated your selected spreader tool that will be used to broadcast your specific granular pesticide. 
  • Most Granular pesticides will need to be watered in to activate the product. If the granules are note watered in, the pesticide will be ineffective and will merely just sit stagnant in the soil where applied.
  • There is a slight risk of accidental harm of non-intended target species such as birds and beneficial creatures that may come across the granules and feed on them as if the pesticide granules were seeds or some type of food to enjoy.

Key Takeaways

What is Granular Spreading?

  • Granular Spreading is a pest control technique where granular pesticides are to be uniformly spread over a landscape to treat invading pests that are residing in the turf.

How To Apply Granular Pesticides

  • Granular spreading of pesticides are best performed on residential and commercial lawns and yards. You will need to first calculate the square footage of the area to be treated to determine how much granules need to be loaded in a spreader.
  • We recommend using Valar Plus Bifenthrin Granules as it carries a broad label of insects that it can treat and has a long residual effect of up to 90 days. 

Proper Granular Spreading Technique

  • Apply granular insecticide evenly to the turf by performing at least two pass-throughs perpendicular to one another.
  • Use a push-type broadcast spreader for larger areas to be treated. A hand-type spreader is good for smaller areas or applying around trees, gardens or flowerbeds.
  • Water in the insecticide granules after application to activate the granules.
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