Mosquitoes

[sawmill]

The skeeters have been so bad this year we couldn't set on the deck in the evenings. I did a search and found a recipe for a mosquito deterrent.

Paul Harvey's recipe for mosquito deterrent.
> 3 bottles of (cheap) beer
> 3 cups Epsom salt
> 1 bottle of blue mint mouth wash. (Walmart)
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and stir until the Epsom salt is dissolved.
Pour into a spray bottle and spray your outside sitting area. Deck, patio etc.
Supposed to last 60 to 80 days.

It's been 5 days since I sprayed the deck for mosquitoes with that concoction. We've seen only 2 since then. Keeping our fingers crossed.

 

[RCW]

Wonder if it would work on millipedes. I'm loaded with them.


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[sawmill]

Wonder if it would work on millipedes. I'm loaded with them.


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It would be worth a try.

 

[sdk1968]

i spray for them all the time & we have BATS!! super good moquito eaters..

but i will mix this up & try it tomorrow~!

 

[Newlyme]

So you only drink three beers before you spray?

I guess that's a safety thing.

Any more and you won't feel'em bite.

 

[Tooljunkie]

I will try to get a recording, some nights the hum of a million mosquitoes is quite loud. Kinda unnerving....

 

[Steve Neul]

I've been having good luck with a propane insect fogger. Sounds like a good idea, someone I talked to recommended building bat boxes to attract bats to your property since they eat a bunch of mosquitos.

 

[scdeerslayer]

Thermacell works also, but if that concoction works it would be cheaper and easier.

 

[Josef]

As I've said before, a 12 gauge with bird shot works very
well when they are bad. I've had a lot of rain this year and
no mosquitoes. I'm certainly not complaining either

 

[car compulsive]

I was working in the lawn this afternoon and the skeeters and biting flies were worse than in the UP of Michigan last week - and the mosquito is the state bird of the UP.

 

[JacobHicks]

Is It effective?