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herbs for household pests

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karlyn255 avatar
Recipe by
Stormy Stewart
@karlyn255
Mio, MI

For those of you with little ones, who would prefer not to use harsh, toxic chemicals around your house:

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method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For herbs for household pests

  • SEE BELOW

How To Make herbs for household pests

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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Ants- spearmint, peppermint, pennyroyal, Garlic citronella ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Aphids- spearmint, peppermint, Cedar wood, hyssop ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Bean beetle- thyme. Garlic, peppermint. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Black fly- lavender, tagates, tansy ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Cabbage root fly- thyme, sage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Cabbage white butterfly- peppermint, sage, rosemary, Hyssop, thyme ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Carrot fly- tansy, rosemary, tagates ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Caterpillars- spearmint, pennyroyal, peppermint ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Cutworm- thyme, sage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Eel worm- tagates ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Flea beetle- peppermint, lemongrass, spearmint, Rue, lavender ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Fleas- lemongrass, citronella, pennyroyal, Rue, tansy, lavender ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Flies- rue, lavender, citronella, Peppermint, tansy ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Gnats- tagates, spearmint, citronella, Patchouli ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Green fly- lavender, tagates, tansy ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Lice- spearmint, peppermint, cedar wood, Pennyroyal, Rue ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Mosquitoes- lavender pennyroyal, sassafras, Citronella, lemongrass, tansy
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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moths- spearmint, lavender, hyssop, Citronella, peppermint ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Nematodes- tagates, sage, citronella ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Plant lice- rue, spearmint, peppermint ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Slugs- garlic, cedar wood, hyssop Sassafras, pine ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Snails- cedar wood, sassafras, pine, garlic, Patchouli ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Ticks- citronella, lemongrass, thyme, sage Pennyroyal, rue ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Weevils- cedar wood, rue, sandalwood, Patchouli ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ White flies- tagates, tansy, lavender, sage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ Woolly aphids sandalwood, patchouli, pine
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