No need to panic yet but you should take a defensive posture. As our ROACH article explains, rogue or roaming roaches will be seeking food in their new abode. Take advantage of this behavior by setting out some ROACH GEL. Roaches that come into your apartment will no doubt find it which will help allow them to live and start nesting.

I also suggest you set out some ROACH TRAPS. If roaches aren’t seeking food they’re seeking other roaches. Roach traps set out will no doubt collect some too.

If you set these out for now, there is a good chance any roaches in your apartment won’t get established regardless of where they come from. But if you don’t start doing something, things will rapidly get worse.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Roach Control: http://www.germanroaches.com/roach-control

Roach Gel: http://www.bugspraycart.com/bait/gel/maxforce-magnum-roach-gel-1-oz

Roach Traps: http://www.bugspraycart.com/traps/pheromone-and-food/roach-trap-6-pack

This is a tough question to answer specifically. I say this because in the end, it will depend largely on how many roaches are living in the structure. For example, if you have 25 or less roaches, one tube of ROACH GEL will be enough. In fact it would be enough to treat several times so you might go through half with the initial treatment and then use the second half 1-2 months later.

But if you have a bad infestation, it could require several tubes of gel to knock the roaches out for good. This partly due to the fact that the more roaches you have locally, the more they’ll eat. Other variables include how long it will take for all of them to be affected, how dispersed the infestation might be, etc.

Now if you decide to spray with some ORTHENE and GENTROL, the same is true. Mild infestations can many times be resolved with 1-2 applications. But when several hundred roaches are nesting in the home, it will no doubt require more material to knock them out.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Roach Gel:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/bait/gel/maxforce-magnum-roach-gel-1-oz

Orthene WP:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/wettable-powder/orthene-wp-1-4-oz-pk

Gentrol:  http://www.bugspraycart.com/insecticide/igr/gentrol-vial

The Roach Gel is a great tool for sensitive or hard to reach areas because it uses food as the attractant that gets the roaches to feed. Remember, roaches are motivated by the need to eat. This drive for food is what make the gel so effective. They’ll easily find your placements and once they eat some they’ll die. Roach Gel is about as easy of a product to use since it doesn’t require you to empty your cabinets nor do you need to spray exactly where the roaches might be hiding. You just have to get it close the roaches will find it as explained in our roach control article. And the featured video in our article shows roaches climbing out of the cabinet to get some as we’re applying it! That’s how much they love it.