I have a bug problem I need help with.
May 28, 2020 10:27:36 #
Kickaha wrote:
I'm not sure if it works or not, but my grandmother had mint plants next to foundation and she never had bugs or mice. It was something they did back on the farm when she was a kid over 100 years ago. It may have been something her parents did in the old country before they came here around 1900.
Yes, also plant marigolds around the foundation to repel bugs
May 28, 2020 14:14:34 #
agatemaggot wrote:
Use Diametrious earth, (probably spelled that wrong), food grade that can be purchased at any health food outlet. This is harmless to all creatures with less than 6 legs. Sprinkle around infected areas and the bugs be gone like magic. Bugs get it on their feet and legs and ingest it when cleaning themselves. It also cuts thru the membrane between there leg and body joints causing them to dehydrate. This can also be used for an invasion of Bed Bugs by dusting infected areas.
Don't sprinkle too much. They walk around that.
Be sure and get food grade.
Tractor Supply carries it.
May 28, 2020 14:14:43 #
May 28, 2020 15:24:16 #
rafterman
Loc: South Florida
archie bunker wrote:
On Sunday, we woke up to an invasion of tiny grass... (show quote)
If you wait long enough, you'll have someone to blame for all your bugs. Somewhere, someplace, someone will find a reason to blame Trump. Then the solution will be easy, get a democrat to clean them up. They usually have all the answers.
May 28, 2020 21:08:08 #
I appreciate all of the suggestions here, and kinda came up with my own plan. I've read other things on the innerweb about non chemical cures for this problem, and gave it a go.
I put chewing tobacco in 2 cups of rum, and let it steep overnight. Then I added a 1/2 cup of Dawn soap, and a cup of ammonia. I found the hole these guys are coming out of, and poured it down.
Theoretically, this is how it works...
The rum gets them drunk.
The tobacco juice makes them puke.
The soap gets in their eyes so they can't find their way to the surface.
And the ammonia makes to where they can't breathe.
If this doesn't make a dent, I may resort to petroleum.
I put chewing tobacco in 2 cups of rum, and let it steep overnight. Then I added a 1/2 cup of Dawn soap, and a cup of ammonia. I found the hole these guys are coming out of, and poured it down.
Theoretically, this is how it works...
The rum gets them drunk.
The tobacco juice makes them puke.
The soap gets in their eyes so they can't find their way to the surface.
And the ammonia makes to where they can't breathe.
If this doesn't make a dent, I may resort to petroleum.
May 29, 2020 01:15:13 #
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May 31, 2020 05:28:52 #
Jun 3, 2020 01:06:07 #
archie bunker wrote:
I appreciate all of the suggestions here, and kind... (show quote)
That is awesome.
Semper Fi
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