Chemicals can be considered the best solution to repel insects because they are effective immediately, but have potential health risks. Instead, you can apply some measures below.
- Cooking oil, shampoo and vinegar
Tips to repel mosquitoes with a mixture of cooking oil, shampoo and vinegar.
To make an effective mosquito repellant, you need some cooking oil, shampoo, and 9% vinegar. Mix these ingredients in equal quantities and stir thoroughly until white foam appears. Pour the mixture into the container and leave it open. Vinegar repels insects, shampoo hides strong odors, and the mixture is safe for children and does not cause a strong odor.
2. Orange and lemon peels
This method not only helps the indoor environment have a mild fragrance, but can also significantly repel cockroaches and ants. To use up all the ingredients, you can dry lemon, orange or grapefruit peels. Place dried peels in locations where they often appear. In addition, you can directly take lemon juice mixed with a little filtered water and spray it in places where those insects frequent.
3. Use fresh lemon
Squeeze fresh lemon into the ant nest or place where ants gather or sprinkle chopped lemon peel on it and the ants will disintegrate and leave. In addition, people also sprinkle the ant nest with coffee grounds, charcoal powder, talcum powder or pepper powder.
4. Onion
What cockroaches fear most is the pungent smell of onions. Place a plate of sliced onions on the cupboard to ensure cockroaches will immediately move home. Furthermore, onions can also slow down the deterioration process of food.
5. Use baking soda
Baking soda has active ingredients that kill plant fungi and powdery mildew. Nasty insects such as ants, cockroaches… when ingesting this compound will be destroyed by the carbon dioxide bubbles it secretes.
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6. Use cucumbers
Slice cucumbers and keep them in places where cockroaches are frequent. The smell and compounds in this fruit will keep them away. These cucumber slices should be replaced regularly to ensure maximum effectiveness.
Besides, you can also smash a cucumber to replace thin melon slices, which can repel up to 90% of cockroaches.
7. Make insect traps from plastic bottles
In the picture below are instructions on how to make a simple insect trap from a plastic bottle. After you have finished cutting the bottle, pour water into the bottom of the bottle and mix in a little soap.
This is a good solution for people with chemical allergies.
