ATLANTA, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than
30 years, the Amdro® brand has been trusted by homeowners and
professionals to eliminate a wide variety of pest problems. As part
of a national product rollout, Amdro today announced the
introduction of a complete line of insecticides specially designed
to combat ants, snails, slugs, roaches and other common insect
species that damage landscapes and infest homes.
Amdro® Ant Block® Home Perimeter Ant Bait, the
brand's feature product, kills a range of ant species outside the
home to prevent ants from coming inside. The bait is highly
attractive to carpenter ants and 14 other ant species. Amdro® Ant
Block® Home Perimeter Ant Bait allows foraging ants to bring the
granules back to their mound before taking effect, resulting in the
entire colony, including the queen, being destroyed. After two to
four weeks, the queen and the ants in the colony are killed.
"Amdro® Ant Block® Home Perimeter Ant Bait allows homeowners to
create a barrier of protection around their home, preventing ant
colonies from invading interior areas," said John Gunning, Director of Marketing—indoor and
outdoor insecticides, Central Garden & Pet Company. "Building
on the expertise of the Amdro® brand in ant killing and control,
consumers nationwide can now experience fast-acting and highly
effective control through our complete line of solution-oriented
products designed for a diverse range of insect-specific issues,
application needs and plant types."
Along with preventing persistent ant problems, the Amdro®
product line features several specialized options to control other
destructive pests. For example, Amdro® Snail Block Slug &
Snail Killer combats slug and snail infestations in lawns,
ornamentals and edibles. Utilizing a new, highly-selective formula,
people and pets can enter treated areas immediately after
application.
The formula targets the unique oxygen transport system
characteristics of slugs and snails. Once ingested, the
feeding of slugs and snails is inhibited immediately. This
physiological effect gives fast-acting protection to plants from
further damage, as well as ensures beneficial species, such as
honeybees, ladybird beetles and earthworms, are not harmed.
Other specialized insecticides within the Amdro® product line
include:
- Amdro® Roach Block Home Perimeter Roach Bait is
the only home perimeter roach bait granule available for
residential use; kills a range of cockroach species outside the
home to ensure they do not come inside
- Amdro® Pest Block Home Perimeter is designed with
a showerhead sprayer so homeowners can easily apply a barrier
around their home to eliminate the intrusion of more than 200
nuisance insects
- Amdro Quick Kill® Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer
Ready-To-Spray & Concentrate helps homeowners reclaim
their lawn and garden by eliminating more than 200 unwanted insects
from exterior landscapes; a single application controls insects for
up to three months
- Amdro Quick Kill® Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer
Granules eliminates more than 50 nuisance and damage-causing
insects from exterior landscapes—above and below the ground
- Amdro® Fire Ant Bait Granules help homeowners throughout
the Southeast of the United States
reclaim their lawns and landscapes from imported and native fire
ants, as well as combat the spread of their colonies
- Amdro® Kills Ants™ Ant Killing Bait Stakes &
Stations can be used indoors and outdoors to kill problem
ants around homes, ornamental gardens and planting beds—preventing
ants from infesting homes and landscapes
For the protection of specific plant types, the Amdro® product
line offers these options:
- Amdro® Rose & Flower Care Concentrate tackles
a variety of problem insects and plant diseases that damage roses,
landscape ornamentals and flower beds
- Amdro® Tree & Shrub Care Concentrate provides
outdoor ornamental trees, select fruit and nut trees, and shrubs
with up to 12 months of protection from a variety of destructive
insects
In support of the company's insect control line, Amdro has
launched a national advertising campaign with commercials directed
by the legendary musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie. The multi-part,
tongue-in-cheek advertising series depicts homeowners, driven crazy
by invading insects, having sanity restored by Amdro. To view the
advertisements, visit www.amdro.com.
The complete line of Amdro® brand insecticides, including Amdro®
Ant Block® Home Perimeter Ant Bait, is available nationwide at
big-box stores and at select independent and specialty
retailers.
About Amdro and the Central Garden & Pet Company
The Amdro® brand is owned by Walnut
Creek, Calif.-based Central Garden & Pet Company
(NASDAQ: CENT). Central Garden Distribution, a subsidiary of
Central Garden & Pet Company, is one of the nation's largest
wholesale suppliers of lawn, garden and pet supplies products with
11 distribution facilities spanning the U.S. Founded in 1980 as a
distribution company, through a combination of strategic
acquisitions and internal investment, Central Garden has evolved
its business into a portfolio of leading brands in the lawn and
garden supplies and the pet supplies industries. As a leading
innovator and manufacturer of quality brands, such as Amdro®,
Pennington®, The Rebels®, Lilly Miller®, Ironite® and Sevin®,
Central Garden serves the needs of homeowners, DIYers, gardeners,
pet owners, county extension agents, and professional
audiences.
To learn more about Amdro, visit www.amdro.com. For additional
information on the Central Garden & Pet Company, including
access to the company's SEC filings, visit www.central.com.
Central Garden & Pet and Central Garden & Pet with
design, Amdro, Amdro Quick Kill, Ant Block, Kills Ants, Snail
Block, Roach Block, Pest Block, Lilly
Miller and Ironite are trademarks of Central Garden &
Pet Company. Pennington is a registered trademark of Pennington
Seed Inc. of Nebraska. The Rebels
is a registered trademark of Pennington
Seed, Inc. Sevin is a registered trademark of Tessenderlo
Kerley, Inc.
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