This is 3 cartons of 6 TermiteTraps and a carton of Termite Bait. Three cartons is usually enough Traps for acreage properties where you need to monitor around your home as well as sheds, stables, livestock loading ramps, etc. How many traps do you need? The more you have, the sooner or more likely you are to intercept foraging termites, but usually, set them in gardens about 3-8 metres apart. Look at each garden bed and think whether you need 2, 3 or 4 in it then add the total of beds. If you need to place them where livestock may use them as scratching posts, you may need to protect the Traps with a couple of star pickets.
The carton of Termite Bait contains 10 tubs of powder to which you add water before putting the tub into a Trap containing live, feeding termites. Multiple doses is normal; the bigger the colony, the more doses (tubs) required. The 10 tubs or feeders is enough to feed and kill most big, established colonies or a couple of smaller colonies. What you don’t use will keep for many years. If you have live and feeding termites in a building, you should begin feeding Bait to them before you place your TermiteTraps. (you shouldn’t risk digging a hole for a Trap and accidentally cut the main tunnel between where you are feeding them and their nest.)
Dig holes about 250 mm (10”) deep in your garden, stand a Trap upright, replace the soil and stamp down — they are at work! Look at them at least once a month over the next 10+ years. Termite control is a long-term job — just as well we made the monitoring so easy.
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GREEN PIPES IN THE GARDEN
Posted by Unknown on 5th May 2011
We are progressively installing the traps on our large residential block. A borrowed auger is helping.
Saving $1,000 on a pest exterminator's quote is attractive.