Reddit reviews 2 Tubes Maxforce FC Magnum Cockroach German Roach Pest Control Gel Bait 33 gram per tube w/ 1 Plunger ~~ 5 Times Stronger then Regular Maxforce FC Roach Gel ~~ Mata Cucarachas! THE NEW MAGNUM PACKAGED IN BLUE

As /u/fallacybuffet mentioned, diatomaceous earth is a great non-toxic way to battle cockroaches. It's food grade, so you and your cat can still eat the roaches it kills!

For a more toxic solution, I bought Tempo Ultra SC insecticide to spray all along the outside of our house. You'll need a garden sprayer, too. The morning after I first sprayed the outside of our house, I found a dozen dead cockroaches on our sidewalk. That was a month or two ago, and I have only seen one cockroach inside since then. It was dead.

I also bought Maxforce FC Magnum get bait. I noticed a swarm of roaches using our backyard picnic table as a community center at night, so I spread the gel in the cracks of the support beams and a few other spots in the backyard cockroaches would seem to frequent.

We never had a huge cockroach problem, but after we saw almost six in 24 hours, my girlfriend really started freaking out and drastic measures were needed. These solutions have worked for me.

Ask what chemicals they're using. The fact that they're not baiting for them is concerning, and if they're not using an insect growth regulator (IGR) in conjunction with the spray, then I'd drop them.

You can get you some Maxforce too and treat it yourself. If you're not keeping any food out for them to eat, they should prioritize the bait.

Not sure of roaches in NY, but can give some help from FL experience.

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Usually its german raoches infesting inside. Two things you want to get is max force and Gentrol. you can get onslaught to mix with the gentrol and give it a longer lasting effect, up to you but not 100% needed. place tiny dabs of max force about 1inch apart all along the bottom of the counter top where it meets the cabinet. Place it around plumbing, and the bottomside of upper cabinets if you have them. Also, take off outlet plates and place some dabs in there as well. pull out the fridge, stove and dishwasher and clean out really well as that is most likely the place the main nest is (the motor for the fridge/all around the area where the dishwash fits, same with stove) Now light that shit up with the spray mix (believe its 1.5 oz getrol/gal water, and 1/2 oz onslaught/gal label says correct mix %) dont spray anything above the counter top. spray the back of the fridge, the wall and baseboards, any cracks you can. Again dont spray it anywhere your gonna put food directly or down any drains. if you want completely empty out cabinets of dishes and you can spray in there as well. wait until its dry to put stuff back. You can do the same for the bathrooms, but usually the main problem will be in the kitchen. Its gonna have a strong smell to it for a little bit, but open some windows for a cpl hrs, or leave for a bit but it shouldnt last long. If you spray the entire house or use a shitload of the spray it could be a lot worse. IMO if you use more then 1/2 gal on anything below a 3/bed 2/bath house/apartment, you used WAY to much. 1/4 gal should be plenty for most jobs.

German roaches eat EVERYTHING. their own droppings, other dead roaches, etc. Now max force is a 3 stage killing bait. Meaning that you are not going to see every dead roach, some will die in the walls, between things, everywhere. The bait infects one roach, so when it dies, it will also infect the roacches that eat it, and so on until its finally diluted to not be lethal.

The gentrol is a growth regulator so it attacks reproductive organs and prevents them from laying more eggs. It also prevents younger roaches from growing up at all and stunting their growth. so eventually it will get to a point where all you see are baby roaches.

After about 2 weeks depending on how bad it is you may have to do a reapply, like I said you will get to a point where its only babys meaning it should be over soon. clean up any dead ones you see in the open, dont leave any food/water out overnight. no dirty dishes in the sink or left out to dry, and dry the sink out. no pet food/water out over night.

or you could just hire a pest guy to do all that bs for ya (minus the cleaning)

Also I know the prices on the pesticides are high, but its worth it.
if you wanna find generics look for products with the same active ingrediant, might be cheaper.

max force = fipronil
gentrol = hydroprene
onslaught = benzeneacetate

I have used this stuff and it always seems to get rid of them - it's pro stuff, so it's sort of expensive, but it works.

https://www.amazon.com/Maxforce-Cockroach-Stronger-Cucarachas-PACKAGED/dp/B0042JCIDC

Yes. I would suggest that you use a roach bait that contains a chemical called Fipronil. Boric acid also works, but Fipronil works better and helps to kill the roaches that end up eating the roaches killed by the Fipronil in the first place. Here is what I suggest using.

this gel is what you need. i did a bunch of research several years ago when i moved into a new apartment and had german roaches. this shit works wonders, put it in the crevice under your baseboards and the perimeter of where they are.

recently i was talking to a pest control guy and when i told him what i used he said that was the best stuff to help contain them.

I found gel baits extremely effective.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00730QW70/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_18RXDbZXYRXEP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042JCIDC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_l9RXDbJHC31R4

Japanese roach traps imho never work and they can suck my balls.

I'm going to add to this since I work for a pest control company:

Maxforce roach bait: Shit works fantastic! Put a kernel sized glob in crevices where you see roach poop and for good measure put them in the hinges of your cupboards.

Diatomaceous Earth: This is not the same brand of it that I use, but it should work great and it's safer than Boric Acid. Put this behind your stove, fridge, and if you can behind the dishwasher. Put this in all crevices and if you have a way to do it you can make a THIN line of it along any baseboard where you think they're coming in from.

I also use Nyguard IGR and I mix it with a product called Demand CS normally. This usually takes care of a roach problem really quickly as long as you maintain the place pretty clean.

Unfortunately if you live in an apartment complex with a lot of these issues, it's hard for a technician to spend a lot of time fixing your problem as opposed to you paying someone to come take care of it. I've seen 400+ unit complexes only have one tech on call who handled 30-40 units a day only once a week. All they care about is keeping records that they have someone going to the units. Not so much taking care of your issues. Also, roaches will come in from other units and sometimes your neighbors will be the source. Threaten to call the county or whoever in order to make the complex manager give your unit priority. Generally a tech needs about 15 minutes MINIMUM to treat a unit well. If a large complex is cheap enough, they will only have one guy treating about 6-8 units an hour which amounts to the guy just spraying, putting some bait down really quickly, and leaving without really caring because he's trying to deal with all those units in such a short amount of time.

edit: for some reason, every time I pressed enter twice, it submitted my comment after adding a link.

Get Maxforce, Shit works kills them for months.

http://www.amazon.com/Maxforce-Cockroach-Stronger-Cucarachas-PACKAGED/dp/B0042JCIDC/ref=sr_1_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1420051801&sr=1-1&keywords=maxforce

Is better and cheaper, Magnum is super powered stuff and fucking destroys them.