Is it Possible to Control for Ticks?

If you’re worried about the presence of ticks in your landscape, an arborist can apply a treatment to the area between the wooded area and the lawn area. If needed, the lawn area can be treated as well. Yes, it’s possible to control ticks on your landscape!

Over 250,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the Center for Disease Control annually. It is the most frequently reported tick-borne infection in America. However, some reports have stated it is way more common than that. According to research studies, around 90% of deer ticks in an outdoor area will be found in the ecotone region (space between the lawn and wooded area).

Ticks can be transported into your outdoor space by animals, including small rodents, deer, and birds. Tick control treatments that focus on both the tick-carrying rodents and lawn perimeter areas deliver the maximum protection by swiftly decreasing the number of active ticks in your yard.

Lawn Treatment and Organic Tick Repellent

Castor bean tick on a leaf (Ixodes ricinus)

For customers who desire an eco-green solution to controlling the tick population in their landscape, they will be pleased to know that there are numerous ones in the market. These organic, natural solutions use active ingredients like cedar oil to destroy ticks on contact and give residual control that lasts one to two months.  

Control with Damminix and Deer Tick Prevention

Damminix contains cardboard tubes with cotton balls filled with a component that is very efficient at killing ticks and not hurting the mice. These tick control tubes are put in strategic spots in the landscape and nearby wooded areas. The mice carry the cotton balls back to their hideaways to pad their nests.

The ticks consuming the mice with the treated cotton balls are rapidly killed. For tick control treatments, tree care professionals suggest Damminix since it does not hurt the wildlife or mice in your yard and is entirely biodegradable. Tick control can be accomplished by focusing on the white-footed mouse, a preferred host of the deer tick. Professional and correct positioning of Damminix in mouse living areas is effective in diminishing the deer tick populations on your landscape.