Insect-Repelling Cedar Granules

By far one of my favorite purchases. Worked amazing for repelling mosquitoes from the yard! Used one bag last summer and still have a bag for this year. Smells amazing. Safe for kids and dog. Natural product. Easy to use. I just sprinkled it around with my hand. Great value for how much I got. I ordered two bags at once. Worked for my entire condo yard space. Quantity was perfect for testing it and having another bag for this year!

So, you want a pest-free home and lawn without turning your space into a toxic wasteland? Well, my friend, meet Cedarcide Lawn, Home & Garden Cedar Granules, the eco-friendly, family-safe solution that’s here to save the day, one bug at a time. This isn’t your average pest control product; it’s like the superhero of pest-fighting tools, except without the cape, because honestly, capes are a safety hazard. These cedar granules are as easy to use as tossing popcorn at a movie theater, just sprinkle them around your yard, garden, or home, and voila! Fleas, ticks, ants, and mosquitoes won’t know what hit them. And the best part? Your yard is now safe for pets and kids, so you can let your dog roll in the grass without worrying about him coming in looking like he’s been hanging out with the flea circus. Oh, and it smells amazing. Forget the harsh, chemical smells of traditional pest control, this stuff smells like a fresh cedar chest. You know, the kind of scent that makes you feel like you’re living in a forest retreat, but with fewer bears. PROS: • Family and pet safe: so go ahead, let the kids run wild in the yard without fearing for their lives (or their health). • Smells great, like a cozy cedar forest: because if you’re going to fight pests, might as well do it with a good fragrance. • Easy to use: no complicated instructions, just sprinkle and let the granules do their thing. • Keeps those pesky bugs away: Fleas, ticks, ants, and mosquitoes be gone! CONS: • The scent might be a little strong for people who think their house should smell like nothing. But really, those people can’t be trusted anyway. • It’s a granule, so if you have a very fluffy pet or a wild kid, they might track it inside. But hey, they’ll probably get distracted by how good it smells anyway. At the end of the day, Cedarcide Lawn, Home & Garden Cedar Granules is the pest control solution you’ve been waiting for. It’s effective, it’s safe, and it won’t make your home smell like a science experiment gone wrong. Use it once, and you’ll never go back to those harsh chemicals. The only thing left to do now? Sit back, relax, and enjoy a bug-free existence where you’re free to smell like fresh cedar and live your best, pest-free life.

I love the cedar smell and it was easy to spread. I now have a preference for the bottled sprays though simply because it doesn’t get tracked around like the granules.

The CedarCide granules look very nice, and are keeping most pests off my tomatoes, at least all the crawling ones. CedarCide also seems to reduce blight and fungus. Last year I fought a losing battle. This year, I put down an even half inch of CedarCide, covering the entire garden bed where I am growing tomatoes and squash. In my flower bed, where I did not have CedarCide, I lost some young nasturtiums and petunias. There are actual bites taken out of them! I have since added the cedar as top layer, but I'm afraid the nasturtiums and my herbs are also being eaten by flying critters such as cabbage moth caterpillers. Also, obnoxious black gnats appeared on the tomato stems. My solution to that was a DIY pest and fungus spray: 2 TBSP CedarCide granules, 2 tsp tea tree oil, 2 tsp Dr. Bronner's Sals Suds, 1 peeled garlic clove, SHAKEN in a gallon of water and thoroughly applied with a sprayer. The flowers and herbs don't mind it, the tomatoes and squash seem happier. They are getting enormous. UPDATE, LATE SUMMER, 2016 I lost every squash vine to vine borers. The cedar granules did nothing to keep the moths away or prevent the eggs from hatching. I also used neem oil, to no effect. Those vine borers are horrible. Healthy vines shrivelled to gray rags in 24 hours. Unfortunately, Cedarcide doesn't seem to work against anything airborne. It's supposed to repel mosquitoes, too, but certainly doesn't keep them off me! I got bitten every time I worked in the garden. It's scary, because my area of Queens is the exact center of West Nile virus contagion in New York. I've aleady been sick with the symptoms. But it was really helpful with cutting down fungus and mildew, especially when the rain back-splashed the tomato and pepper leaves. UPDATE June 2017 This year, I am putting Cedarcide around my first strawberry and melon plants. Never tried to grow fruit before. I am now using Cedarcide to correct a BAD mistake. I had put down cocoa hulls as a mulch, because reviewers talked about how nice it smells. Unfortunately, it encourages, and even feeds funguses of all kinds — white mold, gray mold, toadstools — and inhibited the growth of ALL my plants! I had planted robust little tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, melons, nasturtiums, impatiens, and for a solid month they just sat there, drooping, no new leaves, some starting to die. The strawberries got moldy. It's been horrible. I wanted to cry. So ten days ago I decided to pull away the cocoa hulls and put down Cedarcide granules. Suddenly, the little guys are standing taller, putting out new leaves, and the strawberries even put out a few flowers. In ten days! I assume the Cedarcide is killing off the mold! And here's one more use: I just bought fine-mesh lingerie bags with zippers, for laundry — and I am filling them with Cedarcide and putting them in the closet where the winter coats and wool sweaters usually make a nice buffet for the moths. In an enclosed space, it smells quite strong; I am pretty sure I can say good-bye to the moths! (Good-bye, moths.)

We have a 45-lb dog who thinks the backyard is his kingdom—and who used to bring every flea in North Carolina inside with him. I spread one 8-lb bag of Cedarcide granules around the fence line, under the deck, and along our patio steps (took maybe 20 minutes with a handheld broadcast spreader). The cedar scent was strong at first—think freshly sharpened pencils—but mellowed to a light, woodsy smell by the next afternoon. Two weeks later the difference is obvious: no more scratching dog, zero flea bites on our ankles, and evening grill sessions are actually mosquito-free. I like that I can let our three-month-old roll around on a blanket without worrying about chemical residue, and the granules haven’t bothered the new grass seed I put down this spring. Small quirk: the bag doesn’t reseal, so if you’re only using part of it, have a zip-top or bucket ready. Also, apply on a calm day—the fine dust can blow around if it’s windy. All in, this stuff does exactly what it claims—natural, pet-safe pest control that actually works. I’m already planning to re-apply every couple of months through the summer to keep the yard bite-free.

I bought this product with high hopes it would work. So many people enjoyed this product and with having pets and children I wanted a safe product. I will say I liked the product because for at least a few days, and I mean 3. I was bug free. Then the bugs came back full force and I was disappointed. I will caution those you live in areas of highly populated buggy areas to invest wisely. I honestly think this product cannot withhold its scent to ward off insects for 4-6 weeks. I feel this product would need to be replaced every week, which would be too costly in my book. I'm still searching for a solution.

We can sit outside bug free. I used our seed/fertilizer spreader to put it on the backyard lawn and now the dog can sit, play or nap in comfort. He isn't twitching his ears or snapping at the gnats flying around him. It smells great too. It's easy to use and not harmful to us or pets.Our GSD was scratching all the time and we thought it was allergies. Since using Cedarcide he isn't itchy and scratching because he's not bothered by bugs biting him. I've used it around my garden plants too. It's not anymore expensive than fertilizer or grass seed. It's good quality cedar, nothing else in it. So far it's been effective keeping all the annoying bugs away. We like it so well we have shared our experience with several other people with the same issues.

And how do you return this when you have nothing to return? Doesn't do a darn thing. I have ticks all over the place still!!