Brand Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer 4 lb

The experts behind Garden Safe® brand know home gardening is as much about how you grow as what you grow. Garden Safe brand products help flowers, fruits and veggies thrive right up to harvest. Organic gardeners trust our solutions to keep garden pest and disease control simple—and let nature do the rest. Let goodness grow.

Garden Safe® Brand Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer is good for organic gardening to kill German cockroaches, ants (except carpenter, harvester and pharaoh ants), beetles (except wood-destroying beetles), fleas, aphids, mealybugs and other crawling insects as listed. Use this diatomaceous earth-based formula outdoors on plants and on the soil around plants to kill listed crawling insects by contact. When dusted on insects, the powder coats the exoskeleton and absorbs oils and fats, causing them to dry out and die. It also cuts into the insect’s shell, causing it to dehydrate further.  Apply the pest-killing dust with a hand duster, power duster or squeeze bottle. Dust insects directly, if possible. Repeat application when dust is no longer present or if insects are detected. Do not apply to hardscapes, including brick, stone, wood or metal surfaces.

Apply Garden Safe® Brand Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer to areas as directed. Use adequate ventilation and avoid breathing dust. Wear a suitable dust mask when using this product if prolonged exposure is expected.

 



Important Info

Active Ingredients

By Wt.

Silicon Dioxide......................85%

Other Ingredients.................15%

Total............................. 100.00%

Product Label

It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. For home use only.

Precautions and Restrictions
Do not allow adults, children or pets to enter the treated area until sprays have dried. Do not apply this product in a way that will contact adults, children or pets, either directly or through drift.
Do not wet plants to point of runoff or drip.
Remove pets and birds, and cover fish aquariums before spraying.
Do not apply when windy. To prevent product runoff, do not overwater the treated area(s) or apply when heavy rain is expected. Rinse applicator over lawn or garden area only.
Not for use in outdoor residential misting systems.
Do not water the treated area to the point of runoff.
Do not make applications during rain.
All outdoor applications must be limited to spot or crack-and-crevice treatments only, except for the following permitted uses:
     1) Treatment to soil or vegetation around structures
All outdoor applications to impervious surfaces such as sidewalks, driveways, patios, porches and structural surfaces (such as windows, doors and eaves) are limited to spot and crack-and-crevice applications only. Application is prohibited directly into sewers or drains, or to any area like a gutter where drainage to sewers, storm drains, water bodies or aquatic habitat can occur. Do not allow the product to enter any drain during or after application.
Directions: Apply only to plants and soil around plants. Do not apply to hardscapes (including brick, stone, wood, or metal surfaces) Use outdoors on plants and on soil around plants against: German cockroaches, ants (except carpenter, harvester and pharaoh ants) beetles (except wood-destroying beetles) ect. Use adequate ventilation and avoid breathing dust.

TREATMENT AREAS
PESTS TO CONTROL
VEGETABLES
Asparagus, beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, collards, cranberries, eggplant, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, peppers, potatoes, radishes, spinach, tomatoes, turnips.
Asparagus beetles, aphids, blister beetles, cabbage loopers, Colorado potato beetles, cross-striped cabbageworms, diamondback moth larvae, fireworms, flea beetles, green peach aphids, harlequin bugs, imported cabbageworms, leafhoppers, leaftiers, mealybugs, Mexican bean beetles, 12-spotted cucumber beetles, stink bugs, webworms, whiteflies.
ORNAMENTALS
African violets, asters, azaleas, begonias, camellias, carnations, chrysanthemums, dahlias, dogwoods, geraniums, gladioli, marigolds, roses, wandering Jews.

Aphids, flea beetles, leafhoppers, mealybugs, whiteflies.
ROSES AND FLOWER GARDENS
Treat plants and flowers as soon as insects appear. Spray plants and flowers, making sure to penetrate dense foliage. Repeat application every seven days or as necessary for control.
Aphids, flea beetles, leafhoppers, mealybugs, whiteflies.
TREES AND SHRUBS
Treat as soon as insects emerge (usually late spring). Treat leaves, branches and tree trunks evenly, making sure to penetrate dense foliage. Repeat application every seven days as necessary for control.
Eastern and forest tent caterpillars, gypsy moth caterpillars and adults, adult Japanese beetles.

This product is ideal for use on most vegetables, herbs, fruits and nuts including, but not limited to:
almond, apple, apricot, arugula, basil, bean, beet, blackberry, blackeyed peas, blueberry, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, chamomile, cantaloupe, carrot, casaba, cashew, cauliflower, celery, cherry, chicory, chives, corn, cranberry, currant, curry leaf, eggplant, elderberry, endive, garden peas, garlic, grape, grapefruit, honeydew, horseradish, kumquat, lemon, lentils, lime, lettuce, loganberry, loquat, macadamia nut, mango melon, melon, mint, nectarine, onion, orange, paprika, parsley, peach, pear (bitter melon), pepper (including bell, chili), pimentos, plum, potato, pumpkin, radish, raspberry, sage, snap bean, soybeans, spinach, strawberry, summer squash, sweet bay (bayleaf), sweet potato, Swiss chard, tangelo, tangerine, tomato, walnut, watermelon, yam, zucchini.
This product kills most harmful garden insects including, but not limited to: ants, aphids, armyworms, bagworms, beetles, cankerworms, caterpillars (including tent), centipedes, chiggers, chinch bugs, cicadas, clover mites, corn borers, corn earworms, crane flies, crickets, cutworms, digger wasps, earwigs, firebrats, fruit flies, gnats, grasshoppers, green bugs, green fruitworms, green June beetles, horseflies, Japanese beetles, katydids, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, leafrollers, maggots, mealybugs, millipedes, mites, moths, pillbugs, rootworms, scales, silverfish, sowbugs, spider mites, spittlebugs, stink bugs, thrips, tomato hornworms, webworms (including garden, sod), weevils.
Pesticide Storage: Do not contaminate water, food or feed by storage or disposal.
Pesticide Container Disposal: If empty: Nonrefillable container. Do not reuse or refill this container. Place in trash or offer for recycling if available.
If partly filled: Call your local solid waste agency for disposal instructions. Never place unused product down any indoor or outdoor drain.
Hazards to Humans and Domestic Animals

CAUTION. Harmful if swallowed or absorbed through skin. Avoid breathing vapor. Avoid contact with eyes, skin or clothing.

FIRST AID
If Swallowed: Call a Poison Control Center or doctor immediately for treatment advice. Have person sip a glass of water if able to swallow. Do not induce vomiting unless told to do so by a Poison Control Center or doctor. Do not give anything by mouth to an unconscious person.
If Inhaled: Move person to fresh air. If person is not breathing, call 911 or ambulance, then give artificial respiration, preferably mouth-to-mouth if possible. Call a Poison Control Center or doctor for further treatment advice.
If in Eyes: Hold eye open and rinse slowly and gently with water for 15-20 minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present, after the first five minutes, then continue rinsing eye. Call a Poison Control Center or doctor for treatment advice.
If on Skin or Clothing: Take off contaminated clothing. Rinse skin immediately with plenty of water for 15-20 minutes. Call a Poison Control Center or doctor for treatment advice.
Have the product container or label with you when calling a Poison Control Center or doctor, or going for treatment, or call 1-800-257-3379 for emergency medical treatment information.

Environmental Hazards
This product is toxic to aquatic organisms, including fish and invertebrates. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters or surface waters. Applying this product in calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours will help to ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off the treatment area. This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment on blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming crops or weeds while bees are actively visiting the treatment area.

Physical or Chemical Hazards
Do not use or store near heat or open flame.

To the extent consistent with applicable law, buyer assumes all responsibility for safety and use not in accordance with directions.