tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post2919268190928676782..comments2023-09-06T03:55:07.903-07:00Comments on Real Food & Scandalous Gardening Secrets: Avoiding Bed BugsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20713191.post-28611033145871448372017-01-07T08:53:45.749-08:002017-01-07T08:53:45.749-08:00More information on CimeXa:
CimeXa is a silica b...More information on CimeXa: <br /><br />CimeXa is a silica based product. If anyone does any reading on bed bugs on-line, you will see many references to another silica based material, diatomaceous earth, which was the previous go-to non-toxic remedy. Diatomaceous earth is made up of microscopic fossilized diatoms. This material is found in old sea bed deposits and it has very sharp edges. It cuts through the bed bugs’ exoskeletons and caused them to die of dehydration. However, bed bugs adapt very quickly, because of their genetic diversity and the fact that they can have many generations per year. Populations of bed bugs that have been exposed to diatomaceous earth have started secreting a waxy substance that reduces their fluid loss. While they will eventually succumb to their wounds, they are now surviving weeks to months; which gives them time to reproduce. CimeXa also cuts up the bed bugs’ exoskeletons. However, it has an electrostatic charge and it sticks to the bugs and absorbs their waxy secretions allowing them to dehydrate and die. CimeXa has been shown to kill bed bugs in a matter of hours to days after contact, which breaks the cycle of infestation. Right now, CimeXa is the best remedy and preventative treatment available. I had the opportunity, since the article came out, to communicate with company that produces CimeXa. They let me know that while there are brick and mortar retail outlets that offer CimeXa on-line, it is not stocked in stores. CimeXa is primarily sold in 5 gallon buckets to pest control companies. The four ounce squeeze bottles offered for home use are only available online. Meanwhile, since the article came out, everyone’s big question is how to recognize a bed bug infestation. There is lots of information on-line, but I will also be covering that in another article very soon.<br /><br />Excerpted from my letter to the editor, published in the Willapa Harbor Herald, on December 28th, 2016.Harvesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317944232551873144noreply@blogger.com