Sulfur smoke bombs are tools that allow disinfection and disinsection to be carried out without much difficulty. They are used for processing non-residential premises. As a result of the use of sulfur smoke bombs, harmful insects and pathogenic microflora die, and the protective effect remains for a long time.
But sulfur smoke bombs are highly toxic products, and in order to avoid undesirable consequences, you must strictly adhere to the manufacturer’s recommendations and take precautions.
What is it and how it works
Sulfur smoke bombs are simple designs that consist of a set of tablets of 5, 6, 7, 10 pieces. or sold in powder form, packaged in metal containers. Any smoke sulfur bomb contains sulfur. Its mass fraction is 75-80%.
The product comes with a wick, which ensures safe ignition of the sulfur bomb. Its burning duration is 2 minutes.
The principle of operation of these funds is simple. After their activation, toxic smoke begins to be released, filling the entire space in the room and penetrating into the most inaccessible places. Thanks to this, sulfur bombs are significantly more effective than other chemicals with fungicidal, insecticidal, and acaricidal effects. They also have an affordable price.
Basic safety rules
- You need to use a smoke bomb very carefully.
- The product is stored separately from food products, out of the reach of children and pets, in undamaged original packaging.
- It is strictly prohibited to use it in multi-apartment residential buildings.
- Before installing the checkers, the cellar is emptied of all products stored in it.
- All items that may ignite are removed from the premises.
- The smoke released during combustion is very toxic. It is necessary to tightly plug all the cracks and leave the room immediately after installing the checker and lighting the wick.
- The cylinder is installed on a non-combustible base. This will prevent a fire from starting, even if the checker falls.
- Before storing food, thoroughly ventilate the room. It is necessary that the smell of sulfur disappears completely.
When and why is it used?
Sulfur bombs are used to treat cellars and vegetable stores before storing crops. As a result, vegetables and fruits are preserved much longer without losing their consumer qualities.
Smoke sulfur bombs are also used for disinfestation and disinfection of greenhouses and greenhouses after harvest from harmful insects, pathogenic organisms and fungi. As a result, the likelihood of crop damage in the next season is reduced, and this in turn greatly facilitates plant care.
The use of smoke sulfur bombs in non-residential premises and against mold is justified. This product also helps reduce humidity levels.
Application
Gas protection
You can protect yourself from toxic sulfur anhydride using a gas mask. A respirator and safety glasses can be used, but only if the treatment area is small and a maximum of two tablets is used.
As a rule, two people carry out the processing. One controls the process, and the other processes the room. If the floor in the greenhouse is wooden, you cannot place a saber with a wick on it. A basin or other objects are usually used for this.
You cannot be distracted by food or drink liquids during the process. There should be no children or animals nearby. Immediately after setting fire, a person must leave the room; being among the smoke is extremely dangerous. If several checkers are set on fire, they should be lit in such order that the handler moves towards the exit and has time to get out before the smoke starts to flow.
Types of smoke bombs
You can find many types of sulfur bombs on sale, however, each of them has some characteristics. Before purchasing a room treatment product, you need to carefully read the rules for its use.
The most popular types of sulfur smoke bombs:
- FAS. The weight of the product is 300 g, which is enough to treat 5-10 m3, depending on the degree of infection. Contains 80% sulfur. FAS sulfur block can be used to treat greenhouses, basements, and baths.
- Pawn. This is not a pressed, but a bulk sulfur smoke bomb. Available in metal sealed cans. Checker Pawn is suitable for processing greenhouses and greenhouses. Consumption rate 500 g per 200 m3.
- Climate. Contains 75% sulfur. The mass of the product is 300 g, which is enough to process 10 m3. Sulfur smoke bomb Climate during use saturates the space in the room with toxic smoke, which has a detrimental effect on bacteria, fungi, insects, ticks, and also repels rodents.
- The Whirlwind smoke bomb is also found on store shelves. Its active component is permethrin, which has a targeted effect against pests. According to the instructions, the Whirlwind checker destroys more than 30 species of insects, its destructive effect extends to adults, larvae, and eggs.
Range
Smoke tobacco bombs on the market for agrochemicals and household chemicals can be divided into 3 groups:
- Sanitation (disinfecting).
- Repellent (repellent), with and without pesticide activity (gentle).
- Warehouses (for vegetable stores), in addition to sanitation, prevent the germination and withering of stored agricultural products. Only the Hephaestus Storage described above is currently on sale.
Sanitation
This group is dominated by the tobacco saber Hephaestus. The inventor himself talks about the “simple” soda-free drink, the first to find demand, in the story above. Hephaestus Storage also goes on sale from the same manufacturer (see above), and in addition:
- Hephaestus Phytophthora . Fungicidal activity against late blight on potatoes and tomatoes is declared. It performed well in vegetable storehouses (this checker is a kind of predecessor of Hephaestus Storage), but in greenhouses it can oppress and burn plants, especially delicate ones: cucumbers, dill, etc. For a description, see the video:
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- Hephaestus 2 – modification for greenhouse farming. A stimulating effect on plants, increased fungicidal and acaricidal activity are declared: against spider mites, powdery mildew, downy mildew (downy mildew), sooty fungi (black rot), gray rot, rust fungi, anthracnose and septoria, as well as repellent and rodenticidal activity ( drives away rodents). It has not yet been fully tested in practice. See video description here:
Video: about the tobacco checker Hephaestus 2
Vulcan occupies a significant share of the market for sanitary tobacco drafts . The consumer needs to know the following about these checkers:
- The manufacturer does not declare the presence of soda in the composition, but they smoke thickly, like soda, i.e. damage to plants from excess carbon dioxide is possible;
- Sulfur bombs from the same manufacturer are sold under the same name (“Vulcan”), in outwardly similar packaging - don’t make a mistake when buying!
Repellent
Tobacco drafts of this group are divided into two subgroups: household and household. The first ones are represented most of all by the mole rattles Krotonol, Nutcracker , etc. Their effectiveness increases significantly if a few days before the fumigation of the molehills, a mole rattle (you can make a homemade one) is installed on the site. Well, imagine: you rented an apartment, you barely moved in, and the neighbors upstairs are moving furniture around the clock, and tobacco smoke is pouring out of the ventilation? Scandal, seek the truth, or break the lease and move out? The question is rhetorical.
Household tobacco repellent sticks are also a good find. The fact is that conventional pesticide fumigators for residential premises do not drive out all mosquitoes. More precisely, mosquitoes: the blood necessary for the formation of eggs is drunk by females, and male mosquitoes are vegetarians with a sweet tooth, feeding exclusively on flower nectar and pollen.
But it doesn’t matter how important it is which mosquito sex is more bloodthirsty. But it is important that some of the mosquitoes from fumigation do not fly away out of the windows, but hide in places where the fumigant penetrates slowly and poorly. Then at night, when the release of the drug DV weakens, it flies out on a drinking binge. Increasing the concentration of the pesticide will harm people. And a tobacco bomb with a repellent solves the problem: the inhabitants of the room are removed from it (not moved out!) for 1-2 hours before treatment. During this time, nicotine will kill all the mosquitoes, no matter where they hide. Then half an hour of ventilation - people and animals can return and sleep peacefully: the smell of a non-toxic armmatic repellent will last until the morning, and mosquitoes will fly around open windows ten times a day, that’s why the repellent is used. The most popular checkers in this segment are Muhoyar and Quiet Evening (for indoors), and Smoker (for open air and tents).
How to use
Before using sulfur bombs, you must first prepare the room. To do this, you need to remove vegetables, fruits, and preferably shelving from the basement. This is due to the fact that during the combustion of a sulfur bomb, a gas is released, which is not only toxic, but also causes corrosion of the metal. To prevent this, if the racks cannot be removed, it is necessary to lubricate all metal parts with grease or paint them.
The use of a sulfur bomb for treating a cellar is possible after carefully sealing all the cracks so that smoke cannot escape outside. It is also necessary to seal the door opening.
Before using a sulfur bomb, you should immediately calculate the required amount of product. The consumption rate is indicated on the packaging. It is not recommended to buy the product for future use, since during long-term storage it loses its effectiveness.
How to use smoke sulfur bombs is indicated in the instructions:
- For each product, it is necessary to build stands made of bricks measuring 30 x 30 cm.
- Place sulfur bombs on them.
- Place the wick and light it.
- Leave the premises immediately.
- Close the door tightly.
If you need to use several checkers in a room, you need to start setting fire from the furthest one, gradually moving towards the exit. It is prohibited to enter the treated area while toxic smoke is being emitted.
FAS
How long a specific sulfur bomb burns is indicated in the instructions for its use. Fumigation usually lasts from 24 to 36 hours. Upon completion, it is necessary to open the room and ventilate for 1-1.5 days.
Features of use for polycarbonate greenhouses
Many gardeners wonder whether it is possible to use sulfur bombs to treat polycarbonate greenhouses. After all, sulfur dioxide, which is released during the combustion of the product, when interacting with moisture, destroys structural parts and causes the death of plants. However, the manufacturer assures that if all recommendations are followed, treatment with a sulfur bomb is possible in a greenhouse, but only during strictly designated periods.
Before fumigation, it is necessary to remove plant remains from the premises and burn them. Then you should lubricate all metal parts with grease and seal all the cracks. After this, it is necessary to loosen the soil to a depth of 5 cm.
Fumigation is recommended to be carried out in the fall after harvesting, namely at the end of September. If there is a massive spread of pests and pathogenic microflora, the treatment of the greenhouse can be repeated in the spring, but no later than 2 weeks before planting the seedlings. This will prevent the proliferation of parasites and pathogens that survive the winter.
It is recommended to use a sulfur bomb for disinfestation and disinfection of a greenhouse when the temperature of the top layer of soil is +100C. When it decreases, the soil during processing actively absorbs sulfuric acid released during fumigation. This leads to a disruption of the acid-base balance of the soil, which subsequently negatively affects the development and fruiting of planted crops.
After fumigation is completed, the greenhouse must be ventilated for 24-36 hours until the smell of sulfur has completely disappeared. Only after this you can enter it.
Application area
The product is used to treat different types of premises. It is effective in the following cases:
- destruction of bacteria, mold and its spores;
- repelling moles, mice, rats;
- destruction and repelling of insect pests (ants, cockroaches, ticks and bedbugs, as well as their larvae);
- neutralization of pathogenic microorganisms in greenhouses several weeks before planting;
- drying rooms with high humidity.
Of course, the product cannot completely solve the mold problem. To do this, you will first need to find out the reason for its occurrence and solve it.
The use of sulfur bombs for residential premises is unacceptable. Active substances have a negative effect on indoor plants, animals and humans. To kill rodents and insects in houses and apartments, you should use a safe product.
Precautionary measures
Sulfur bombs have a high hazard class 2, which means they are harmful and even dangerous to humans if precautions are not taken.
Inhaling even small amounts of acrid smoke can cause food poisoning. Staying indoors after activating a sulfur bomb can be fatal. It is also unsafe to use these products in close proximity to flammable objects and substances, as this can lead to a fire.
Before lighting the wick of a sulfur bomb, you must wear gloves, a respirator or gas mask, safety glasses, as well as clothing and shoes that cover exposed skin. After activating the product, you must immediately leave the room being treated and close the door tightly. You cannot go inside until fumigation is completed.
Attention! According to the instructions for use, it is prohibited to use sulfur bombs for fumigating residential premises in apartment buildings. In case of violation of this condition, criminal liability is provided.
Respirator
First aid for poisoning
There are cases of sulfur smoke poisoning . The symptoms look like this:
- dizziness or headache;
- vomiting or nausea;
- shortness of breath or pain in the lung area;
- difficulty breathing, cough;
- nose bleed.
If, after treating the premises, a person experiences symptoms from the list, the following actions must be taken immediately:
- provide the victim with access to fresh air, having previously removed him from the treated area;
- put a few drops of any nasal remedy into your nose;
- give the victim inhalation from a 3% salt solution;
- give an antihistamine.
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Then you need to call an ambulance team. Even if the victim feels better in the air, only a doctor can assess the consequences of poisoning for the body .
Pros and cons of using
The use of sulfur bombs for fumigation of non-residential premises is beneficial, but can also cause some harm.
Main advantages:
- low cost;
- minor labor costs;
- ease of use;
- large range of action;
- high permeability to hard-to-reach places;
- wide range of applications.
Disadvantages of use:
- high level of toxicity for humans, warm-blooded animals, fish, bees;
- have a destructive effect on metal;
- destroy not only pathogenic, but also beneficial soil microflora;
- preliminary preparation of the premises is required.
Therapy
After sulfur poisoning, after studying the victim’s symptoms, doctors prescribe appropriate treatment. In such cases, complex therapy is prescribed:
- if poison enters the stomach, the patient is given a gastric tube;
- to accelerate the excretion of chemical compounds in the urine, the patient is prescribed diuretics;
- for symptomatic treatment, as well as improving blood supply to the brain, doctors prescribe vitamin B6, Encephabol;
- to relieve pulmonary edema, calcium chloride or gluconate is used intravenously;
- oxygen pillows are used;
- prescribe medications to improve the functioning of the peripheral and central nervous system;
- Glucocorticoids will help restore carbohydrate, protein, fat and mineral metabolism;
- Antibiotics will help kill bacteria.
Any burns that appear are carefully washed and treated. If the patient's condition is serious, strong narcotic analgesics are used. After treatment, the patient remains in hospital for about a week under medical supervision. But even after this time, the victim must be registered with medical staff and constantly undergo examinations. This is done in order to prevent many ailments that occur after sulfur poisoning.
