How to Control and Prevent Garden Pests

When you love to garden and share your love with others, the "fruits" of your gardening labors — from luxurious hydrangeas to nutritious homegrown veggies — take center stage. But as every gardener learns, one of the secrets to beautiful, productive gardens is effective pest control.

With garden pest control that works two ways, not just one, you can protect against existing pests and prevent new ones, too. And that's good news for everyone except unwelcome bugs.

• Garden Pest Protection Two Ways

• Two-Way Pest Control for Ornamental Plants

• Two-Way Pest Control for Vegetables and Fruits

Sevin brand has your pest problems covered, from fresh-cut sunflowers to backyard grapes.

Garden Pest Protection Two Ways

When your garden pest control does double duty, that means less time spent treating pests and more time for sharing your gardens with family and friends. With easy-to-use Sevin® Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules, one application provides up to 3 months of control and takes care of unwelcome listed insects in more ways than one.

The first thing Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules does on your behalf is kill existing listed pests. This highly effective insect killer kills more than 100 listed pests by contact, from ants and aphids to Japanese beetles — and their destructive grubs. While many pest products only work above ground, Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules work to kill pests like grubs below the surface, too.

Once you handle the pests already in your garden, Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules keeps on working to protect your gardens from what's to come. On top of preventing the next generation of existing garden pests, the granules keep killing new pest arrivals that find their way into your gardens as the season goes on.

With two-way protection that kills and prevents pests in ornamental and edible gardens, unwelcome insects and their damage take a back seat to your flowers, fruits and vegetables again.

From roses to hydrangeas, two-way protection keeps ornamental plants looking their best.

Two-Way Pest Control for Ornamental Plants

With Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules, protecting your ornamental plants is about as simple as pest control gets. These highly effective granules come in an easy-to-use shaker can. Just follow the label instructions to get the proper rate for the job and the pests at hand, then shake the granules into place.

You can use this product as a spot treatment or an area treatment for listed pests on or around ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers and ground covers. Just broadcast the granules at a uniform rate over the area you'd like to treat.

Be sure to read the label for extra tips on the best time of day or time of year to treat. For ants, that's cool weather and early morning or late evening hours. For newly hatched mole crickets, that's late in the day in spring.

Always follow the application rates listed on the product label. Whether you're treating cheery sunflowers, beautiful garden roses or fall-planted trees and shrubs, you can trust Sevin brand to recommend just what you need for effective treatment — without any harm to plants or blooms.

Always clear the area of people and pets before you apply the granules. Once you're finished applying, water the treated area right away. This helps to release the active ingredient to kill pests above ground and move downward to kill pests below the surface, too. Once the dust settles and the watered-in area is dry, people and pets can reenter again.

Two-way pest control helps make sure berries make it to your table.

Two-Way Pest Control for Vegetables and Fruits

Pest control for your fruit and vegetables is just as simple as the rest of your garden beds — with no need to stop and switch to a different garden insecticide. You can apply Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules as a preventative application before any pests show up at all or to kill existing listed pests before they produce new generations.

For preventative applications, you can apply the granules just before planting or wait until your fruit and vegetable plants emerge. Work the granules down into the top 4 to 6 inches of your garden soil. Then water the area thoroughly for maximum pest control.

To control existing pests in your edible gardens, don't delay. Treat your gardens as soon as insects or their damage appear. With the convenient shaker can, apply Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules to create perimeters of pest protection around your garden and its plants. Then water the area well as soon as you're through.

Whenever you treat any kind of edible plants, with this product or any other, always pay close attention to the Pre-Harvest Interval (PHI) table on the product's label. The PHI shows how long you must wait between the day you treat your plants and the day you harvest.

PHIs differ from product to product and from plant to plant, so always check the label first. With Sevin Garden Perimeter Insect Killer Granules, one day is all you need for your sun-ripened tomatoes. But those juicy raspberries and blackberries require a 3-day wait.

With two-way pest protection at work in all your gardens, you can stay focused on the people and the plants you love the most. Generations of gardeners have trusted Sevin brand, from their first flower gardens to vegetable gardens that feed family and friends year after year. We've been there as they shared their love of gardening. We're here for you, too.

Always read product labels thoroughly and follow instructions, including guidelines for listed plants and pests, application frequency, and pre-harvest intervals (PHI) for edible crops.

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