Where brazen mosquitoes abound, peaceful evenings in the garden become torture. In the bedroom, the winged disturbers of the peace rob us of our sleep. Valid concerns about chemical insecticides are no reason to leave yourself defenseless against mosquito terror. A rich arsenal of proven home remedies transforms your room and garden into a mosquito-free zone. Explore 5 tips for bedrooms etc. here.
Essential Fragrances
Mosquitoes have a keen sense of smell. Their fine noses serve as an important orientation aid for insects in their search for food, which usually consists of nectar and sugary plant juices. Female mosquitoes are guided by their sensitive noses when hunting for a blood meal. Sweet smells, body sweat and exhaled carbon dioxide magically attract the insects. However, mosquitoes cannot stand essential aromas. This is where a proven defense strategy with home remedies comes in to beat the pests at their own game. If the apartment and garden are filled with ethereal scents, mosquitoes take flight. The following scent variations have earned a good reputation in practice:
- Citronella oil
- Eucalyptus
- Camphor
- Lavender oil
- Clove oil
- Patchouli
- Cedarwood
Fragrance lamps are an effective and decorative idea to surround yourself with essential scents and ward off annoying mosquitoes. A combination of lemon and clove scents achieves good results. To do this, stud lemon slices with cloves. Our grandmothers used this home remedy to keep mosquitoes away from the kitchen and bedroom.
Note:
Cool bedroom climate promotes he alth, ensures a restful sleep and keeps mosquitoes away. If the temperature in the room is continuously between 16° and 18° Celsius, the pests will run away. The best option for a mosquito-free bedroom is a modern, whisper-quiet air conditioning unit without an annoying heat exchanger on the outside facade.
Plants
A wide range of easy-care plants are useful as home remedies for mosquitoes. Plant species whose leaves exude an intense scent that the bloodsuckers do not like are the ones that promise maximum effectiveness. Let the following selection inspire you to enrich your planting plan for beds, balconies, terraces and rooms with floral mosquito repellent:
- Tomato plants
- Lavender
- Basil
- Sage
- Catnip
- Lemon balm
- Rosemary
The scented geranium “Mosquito Shocker” lives up to its name. The opulent geranium variety not only transforms your balcony into a summer floral fairytale, but also scares away annoying mosquitoes and other insects with its scent. If frost-free winter quarters are available, the geranium will serve as a colorful bulwark against blood-sucking mosquitoes for several years.
Ground coffee
A powerful home remedy for mosquitoes with immediate effect comes straight from the kitchen shelf. Fill a fireproof bowl with ground coffee and set the powder on fire. The distinctive smell scares away all mosquitoes in the immediate area in no time.
Build your own mosquito trap with home remedies
Mosquitoes are crazy about tricks and treats. This preference will be the tormentors' downfall if you equip your home with self-made mosquito traps. A particular advantage is that the recommended home remedies also serve as attractants for fruit flies. In contrast to chemical insecticides, the following trap construction works with the help of non-toxic home remedies.
Material requirements
- transparent container without lid (small preserving jar, rinsed jam jar, empty plastic cookie jar)
- Rubber band or adhesive strips
- Toothpick or thick sewing needle
- Clear film and scissors
- pot and spoon
- Home remedy ingredients option 1: 200 ml water, 60 g sugar, 1 teaspoon yeast, 1 drop of dish soap
- Option 2: 300 ml water, 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 drop of dish soap
Preparing both home remedies for the mosquito trap is extremely easy. Option 1: Heat water in the saucepan. Add sugar and yeast, stirring constantly. Option 2 does not require heating in a saucepan: mix apple cider vinegar with water. Stir in sugar until all crystals are dissolved. In both cases, the detergent is added later to reduce the surface tension of the liquid.
Step-by-step instructions
- Clean containers with hot water (important to eliminate old smells)
- fill the finished household remedy halfway up
- now add the drop of detergent
- Pull the foil tightly over the edge of the container
- Fix the film below the edge with a rubber band or adhesive strips
- with small holes in several places
- set up on a firm, level surface
The perforated transparent film emits a scent that mosquitoes buzzing around cannot resist. Full of greed for the contents, they squeeze through one of the tiny openings and are trapped. When attempting to snack on the mixture, every bloodsucker sinks hopelessly. To ensure that a mosquito trap maintains its effectiveness, please replace the household remedy once a week.
Place homemade mosquito traps in all areas of your home that are infested with mosquitoes. In the kitchen, for example, the trash can is a highly frequented place that promises a maximum catch rate. The trap should properly welcome approaching mosquitoes on the windowsill of other rooms. Due to their local effect, a mosquito trap with home remedies is not or only partially suitable for the garden.
Tip:
A proven home remedy for swollen mosquito bites is ready to hand in every kitchen. Cut a kitchen onion into thick slices. Place a thick slice of onion on the swelling, secured with adhesive plaster. Onion juice contains natural sulfur oil, which reduces the swelling of mosquito bites and at the same time relieves painful itching.
Avoid breeding sites outside and inside
If approaching mosquitoes cannot discover any potential nesting sites, the winged rabble avoid your garden and your apartment. By specifically avoiding possible breeding sites indoors and outdoors, an impending mosquito plague can be nipped in the bud. The focus is on small and large water bodies that female mosquitoes use to lay myriad eggs. Where mosquitoes prefer to settle and which home remedies you can use to prevent the bloodsuckers from invading, the following
Rule of thumb:
Make all water sources in the garden and apartment unusable as nesting places
Measures outside
- Cover rain barrel
- Reduce the surface tension of the water level with 1 drop of detergent
- Clean the birdbath weekly and fill it with fresh water
- Remove puddles in the bed promptly with a broom or rake
- Install a water feature in the garden pond for a restless water level
Measures indoors
- do not leave water standing in the pot saucer
- put away wet sponges and damp cloths
- Clean your pet's drinking bowl daily and fill it with fresh water
- Close drinks bottles tightly
- do not use an open glass of water in the bedroom at night
- cover or refrigerate juicy, overripe fruit
Mosquitoes like to set up their richly populated kindergarten in the damp sink of the kitchen and bathroom. You can thwart the clever insects by pouring a stream of boiling hot water down the sink every day in the summer. Once a week, scrub the drain opening thoroughly with a brush and cleaning agent.
