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How to get rid of insects by natural means
A few tips on how to get rid of insects using natural products, without danger to the health of Pets and especially people.
The best way to see in your home insects, not attract them. In a timely manner to take out the garbage and keep it in a closed container, not to put on the table a vase with jam and clear the table.
However, this is often not enough to never see the pesky creatures.
Seventy eight million six hundred seventy seven thousand three hundred seventeen
Here are some ways to get rid of insects without purchasing chemical repellents.
Ants
These tiny critters can cause a lot of unpleasant moments at the cottage or on a picnic. Learn how to not let them into your food.
Cleanliness in the kitchen
Wipe with kitchen tables and surfaces, sticky spots and crumbs, cover a sugar bowl and a little bowl of honey.
Cucumbers
Lay on the kitchen or entrance of ants the skin of the cucumber — it scares away many kinds of ants.
Mint
Leave a few sachets of dried mint or mint tea in the entrance of ants.
Block the entrance
Watch where the column of ants comes into the house and lay at this place the following ingredients: hot pepper, citrus oil, lemon juice, cinnamon or coffee beans. Make sure that these components (any one of them or more) crossed the path of the ants.
Leave a light on
Leave in places of a congestion of ants a small night light or lamp. Lighting can interfere with their behavior in the production of food.
Build a moat
If the ants reach the bowl of food for animals, clean the floor around it hot water with soap — it will drag a trail of ants. In addition, you can put the bowl in a fairly flat dish filled with soapy water — it will be a kind of moat for ants, and they will not be able to overcome it.
Corn flour
Pour in the way of slides ants cornmeal. They eat it and take it home but can't digest it and die. You will need at least a week to make this tool work, but you will not worry about children and Pets, because the flour is completely harmless.
Homemade bait for ants
Mix one teaspoon of boric acid, 6 tablespoons of sugar and 2 cups water. Soak in the balls of cotton wool and place them on the path of ants. The mixture will dry, so it's best to pour a little in a bottle cap and put it in a cotton ball, the mixture is constantly fueled it.
Just be careful! If you have small children and Pets, keep them away from the traps of boric acid may cause irritation of mucous membranes, skin and eyes.
The ant workers will not only grass, but also bring a low dose of boric acid to the nest. So be patient, take time to poison ants.
Mosquitoes
Perhaps the mosquitoes are much worse than the ants, and they summer overnight camping sometimes become unbearable, and the city comb it stings more than unpleasant.
Block inputs
Mosquitoes are most active early morning and early evening. They fly in calm, stagnant air, because the breeze blows them. So close the Windows and doors on the leeward side.
Remove stagnant water
Check the house for any stagnant water: small pools in the yard, a bowl of water for your pet. Change the water at least two times a week and try to eliminate all open sources of stagnant water in the yard.
BBQ
If you sometimes barbecue in the courtyard of a country house, try to throw on the coals a little sage and rosemary. It will scare away mosquitoes.
Garlic
Natural repellent against mosquitoes. Mix garlic juice with water in the ratio of one to five, pour in a small bottle with a spray and apply on exposed parts of the body. The effect lasts up to 5-6 hours after application.
You can also soak a part of cotton fabric tape and hang them in places of possible penetration of mosquitoes.
Oil them
It is a natural oil obtained from the fruit of a tree of Them growing in India. Its leaves and seeds contain a substance repellent to the mosquitoes, but the oil itself is a natural product, harmless to health. Just add a few drops of oil to your favorite lotion and apply to exposed areas of the body.
Grow more flowers
Plant in the garden or at the cottage, the flowers of Valerian — they look very cool and deter mosquitoes. Also has rosemary, marigolds, lemon grass (citronella) and Melissa.
Candles against mosquitoes
You can make candles from scented oils and melted wax, using the rule: 15-30 grams of essential oil on 450 g of wax.
Here are some good oil-repellents for repelling mosquitoes:
Recipe No. 1: simple and spicy
• 5 parts citronella
• 5 parts lavender
• 5 pieces of cloves
Recipe No. 2: bright and energetic
• 5 parts citronella
• 5 parts lavender
• 5 pieces mint
Recipe No. 3: deep green
• 10 pieces of citronella
• 10 pieces of cedar
• 5 piece eucalyptus
• 5 pieces of rosemary
A homemade mixture from mosquitoes
For a homemade mixture of mosquito repellent you will need essential oils and what they can be mixed, for example, vodka or olive oil. For best results, mix different essential oils such as lemon, eucalyptus, citronella, cinnamon, cedar and juniper.
Flies
Herbal pillows
Lay around the house little bags of gauze with dried mint, Bay leaves, cloves and eucalyptus to ward off flies.
Homemade tape flypaper
Mix in a small bowl ¼ Cup of corn flour, one teaspoon white sugar and 1 teaspoon of brown.
Cut a strip of brown Kraft paper, soak it in the mixture and let dry. Make a hole in one end of sticky tape and hang at home.
Sweet Basil
Plant sweet Basil next to the door on the land or cultivate it in a pot on the window — this plant is well repels flies and mosquitoes. You can even take it along on a picnic to the insects are not too annoyed you.
Eucalyptus oil
If you have a lot of flies, try to wet the cloth in the essential oil of eucalyptus and hang it in a place where insects.
Spiders
These arthropods are not waiting for spring and quietly exist in our homes year-round. Apply several methods, and you will not have so often to clean the cobwebs from the corners.
Spiders hate peppermint
Mix several drops of mint essential oil, a little detergent and plain water. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and spray all the corners, where they often appear on the web.
Coconut oil and vinegar
A mixture of coconut oil and white vinegar also helps against spiders, but before you spray the house with this mixture, test it on a small area of carpets, curtains and Wallpapers — the oil can leave marks.
Citrus essential oils
Spiders don't like citrus oils — lemon, orange and lime as much as mint. Of course, it won't kill them, but forced to avoid places where the smell of citrus. Buy only natural essential oil and not fragrant fake (this can be done in the pharmacy).
Natural spray from all harmful insects
This homemade spray will help to cope with all the above insects. It includes:
• 220 grams of Apple cider vinegar with vodka
• 45 drops of peppermint essential oil
• 15 drops essential oil of lemon or wild orange
Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle and apply when needed. When not in use, store in the refrigerator shelf life of this mixture about 2-3 months. published
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! © Join us at Facebook , Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki
Source: vk.com/vselo?w=wall-21920914_6785
The best way to see in your home insects, not attract them. In a timely manner to take out the garbage and keep it in a closed container, not to put on the table a vase with jam and clear the table.
However, this is often not enough to never see the pesky creatures.
Seventy eight million six hundred seventy seven thousand three hundred seventeen
Here are some ways to get rid of insects without purchasing chemical repellents.
Ants
These tiny critters can cause a lot of unpleasant moments at the cottage or on a picnic. Learn how to not let them into your food.
Cleanliness in the kitchen
Wipe with kitchen tables and surfaces, sticky spots and crumbs, cover a sugar bowl and a little bowl of honey.
Cucumbers
Lay on the kitchen or entrance of ants the skin of the cucumber — it scares away many kinds of ants.
Mint
Leave a few sachets of dried mint or mint tea in the entrance of ants.
Block the entrance
Watch where the column of ants comes into the house and lay at this place the following ingredients: hot pepper, citrus oil, lemon juice, cinnamon or coffee beans. Make sure that these components (any one of them or more) crossed the path of the ants.
Leave a light on
Leave in places of a congestion of ants a small night light or lamp. Lighting can interfere with their behavior in the production of food.
Build a moat
If the ants reach the bowl of food for animals, clean the floor around it hot water with soap — it will drag a trail of ants. In addition, you can put the bowl in a fairly flat dish filled with soapy water — it will be a kind of moat for ants, and they will not be able to overcome it.
Corn flour
Pour in the way of slides ants cornmeal. They eat it and take it home but can't digest it and die. You will need at least a week to make this tool work, but you will not worry about children and Pets, because the flour is completely harmless.
Homemade bait for ants
Mix one teaspoon of boric acid, 6 tablespoons of sugar and 2 cups water. Soak in the balls of cotton wool and place them on the path of ants. The mixture will dry, so it's best to pour a little in a bottle cap and put it in a cotton ball, the mixture is constantly fueled it.
Just be careful! If you have small children and Pets, keep them away from the traps of boric acid may cause irritation of mucous membranes, skin and eyes.
The ant workers will not only grass, but also bring a low dose of boric acid to the nest. So be patient, take time to poison ants.
Mosquitoes
Perhaps the mosquitoes are much worse than the ants, and they summer overnight camping sometimes become unbearable, and the city comb it stings more than unpleasant.
Block inputs
Mosquitoes are most active early morning and early evening. They fly in calm, stagnant air, because the breeze blows them. So close the Windows and doors on the leeward side.
Remove stagnant water
Check the house for any stagnant water: small pools in the yard, a bowl of water for your pet. Change the water at least two times a week and try to eliminate all open sources of stagnant water in the yard.
BBQ
If you sometimes barbecue in the courtyard of a country house, try to throw on the coals a little sage and rosemary. It will scare away mosquitoes.
Garlic
Natural repellent against mosquitoes. Mix garlic juice with water in the ratio of one to five, pour in a small bottle with a spray and apply on exposed parts of the body. The effect lasts up to 5-6 hours after application.
You can also soak a part of cotton fabric tape and hang them in places of possible penetration of mosquitoes.
Oil them
It is a natural oil obtained from the fruit of a tree of Them growing in India. Its leaves and seeds contain a substance repellent to the mosquitoes, but the oil itself is a natural product, harmless to health. Just add a few drops of oil to your favorite lotion and apply to exposed areas of the body.
Grow more flowers
Plant in the garden or at the cottage, the flowers of Valerian — they look very cool and deter mosquitoes. Also has rosemary, marigolds, lemon grass (citronella) and Melissa.
Candles against mosquitoes
You can make candles from scented oils and melted wax, using the rule: 15-30 grams of essential oil on 450 g of wax.
Here are some good oil-repellents for repelling mosquitoes:
Recipe No. 1: simple and spicy
• 5 parts citronella
• 5 parts lavender
• 5 pieces of cloves
Recipe No. 2: bright and energetic
• 5 parts citronella
• 5 parts lavender
• 5 pieces mint
Recipe No. 3: deep green
• 10 pieces of citronella
• 10 pieces of cedar
• 5 piece eucalyptus
• 5 pieces of rosemary
A homemade mixture from mosquitoes
For a homemade mixture of mosquito repellent you will need essential oils and what they can be mixed, for example, vodka or olive oil. For best results, mix different essential oils such as lemon, eucalyptus, citronella, cinnamon, cedar and juniper.
Flies
Herbal pillows
Lay around the house little bags of gauze with dried mint, Bay leaves, cloves and eucalyptus to ward off flies.
Homemade tape flypaper
Mix in a small bowl ¼ Cup of corn flour, one teaspoon white sugar and 1 teaspoon of brown.
Cut a strip of brown Kraft paper, soak it in the mixture and let dry. Make a hole in one end of sticky tape and hang at home.
Sweet Basil
Plant sweet Basil next to the door on the land or cultivate it in a pot on the window — this plant is well repels flies and mosquitoes. You can even take it along on a picnic to the insects are not too annoyed you.
Eucalyptus oil
If you have a lot of flies, try to wet the cloth in the essential oil of eucalyptus and hang it in a place where insects.
Spiders
These arthropods are not waiting for spring and quietly exist in our homes year-round. Apply several methods, and you will not have so often to clean the cobwebs from the corners.
Spiders hate peppermint
Mix several drops of mint essential oil, a little detergent and plain water. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and spray all the corners, where they often appear on the web.
Coconut oil and vinegar
A mixture of coconut oil and white vinegar also helps against spiders, but before you spray the house with this mixture, test it on a small area of carpets, curtains and Wallpapers — the oil can leave marks.
Citrus essential oils
Spiders don't like citrus oils — lemon, orange and lime as much as mint. Of course, it won't kill them, but forced to avoid places where the smell of citrus. Buy only natural essential oil and not fragrant fake (this can be done in the pharmacy).
Natural spray from all harmful insects
This homemade spray will help to cope with all the above insects. It includes:
• 220 grams of Apple cider vinegar with vodka
• 45 drops of peppermint essential oil
• 15 drops essential oil of lemon or wild orange
Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle and apply when needed. When not in use, store in the refrigerator shelf life of this mixture about 2-3 months. published
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! © Join us at Facebook , Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki
Source: vk.com/vselo?w=wall-21920914_6785