Cedar Gard

A New Product to Consider

Cedar Oil for Plant Protection

Cedar Gard - The aroma of Cedar Gard to an insect is the same as ammonia to a human. They can easily be overcome, the cedar is lethal to NON-BENEFICAL insects which are driven by pheromone (odor) and heat stimuli. The base solutions stifle the ability of the insect's receptors to detect food, mates, and reproduction habitats. This causes the insect to relocate to areas of concentration where sight driven predators such as birds, lizards, and beneficial insects will control infestations.The final result, death. The concept of insect control is the same no matter what you're using. All insects breathe through their bodies, therefore the scent or residue of organic or chemical based pesticides are absorbed directly into the body effecting the insects neurological or biological systems, causing paralysis, confusion, death, or flight response (they will flee the agent in question). The survival of the insect relates directly to its exposure to the foreign substance.
EPA RULING:
EPA RULES ON ORGANIC PEST CONTROL METHODS
In a recent ruling, 40CFR, Part 152 published in the Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency established an exception for cedar based pesticides from regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. In Section 152.25 of the 16 page ruling the EPA has classified cedar oil and the inert vehicles such as red cedar chips as a minimum risk pesticide "poses insignificant risks to human health or the environment." The EPA further noted that the agency is "responding to society's increasing demand for more natural and benign methods of pest control." Deregulation of cedar by-products will encourage the use of safer pesticides.
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