When I was a kid we had an infestation of ants in the kitchen every spring and summer. They got into everything. My mum eventually put dry bayleaves in the kitchen cabinets against the outer walls and along the skirting boards. No ants ever again. It really does work!
Thank you so much. Just bay leaves ? I have an opening in my utility room for my dryer and I don’t have one and there coming out of there so badddd 😩 I’m going to get some now . Thank you.
@@rasheenacarter8163 you can buy a cap to cover the opening. If you own it and know you won’t get a dryer, you could use spray foam in that space to close the hole. After it expands, you simply use a knife to cut it flush with the wall.
Instructions for those who want them in a screenshot: pour 300ml water into a frying pan, add 2 tbsps cloves and heat up, when water changes color add 2 tbsps baking soda, after fizzing reaction pour decoction into a spray bottle and add a few Bay leaves to the bpttle. Spray down both sides of your front door, baseboards, windowsills and cabinets.
I made this last night. Sprayed it around my windowsills, back splash and cabinets in my kitchen. This morning there were maybe like ten ants🐜🐜 as opposed to hundreds before. Will be spraying more tonight. This works!!👍🏻
mix equal parts sugar and borax and place it around your home, ants will carry it back to the queen and your ant problem will be completely gone in one day!
@@giaogiao8180in the spice aisle at any grocery store. Cloves is a spice. Make sure you get Whole cloves verses ground cloves because the cloves looses the natural oils once ground. Look for non gmo Whole Cloves
Came to comment section to read all the legends at work. I wasn't disappointed 😂😂😂 Edit: Thank you, everyone. I have never gotten this many likes before. it's invigorating ❤️.
Good. I have all 3 on hand. Bought a set of 5 oils for $9.99 at Marshall's last weekend. Prior to buying them and seeing this video I had already sprayed my place with one of those name brand bug killers. It was working great for about a week but now it's as if I hadn't did anything 🤬 When I use that product it takes a while for me to clean up (don't want any of those drips laying around) and it takes a toll on my body. I'd rather use something that I can just mix together, spray as needed and not have to worry about. Gonna give this a try today. Thanks... 👍
Cat and dog owners should be warned that all of these plant oils that would be implicated in this fix and the ones listed in the comments section are highly toxic to cats and dogs. So if I were to implement this it would be outside on window sills and door thresholds. I would not put this where my pets could get it even walking around or sniffing it. You got to think about these things. Pesticides are not the only things that are toxic. I would treat this type of concoction exactly the same as pesticides when it comes to the well-being of my pets.
@@stanlee2200you must be looking in the mirror when you're saying something about a toxic attitude. Fact is you're straight up wrong. Clove is toxic to cats in sufficient quantities. If you're making a tincture that thing is going to be toxic with the recipe she suggested. It's straight up science no attitude involved on my part just knowledge. Too bad that your brain can't hold any knowledge apparently. Apparently you can't even seek it. Are you even allowed on the internet?
Always better to avoid toxic chemicals. I had an infestation of bluebottles that must've just hatched from under the old floorboards in the back porch of a new dwelling. I didn't notice and when I openened the door they all swarmed into my home. It was scary. They just zoomed around together ignoring all the wide open windows. I didn't have fly spray (it honestly makes me feel sick and although I was freaked out and just wanted them out I'm glad) I was studying a book about the vaiouse uses of natural ingredients so I looked fly deterrent and the only thing I had was a small onion which it said should be peeled and boiled. Sure enough as soon as they smelt the steam from the onion they all exited within an instant! I was amazed and relieved. If I'd used a chemical spray it would have been carnage! Always try natural remedies and cleaning products when you are able. All it takes is a few cheap natural ingredients and a little effort that will save time, money, your families and the environments health. ❤
@@ElizabethMaina-l2xhave you tried sprinkling boric acid in every room (where your walls meet the floor)? Hot shot is a good brand (they sell it at home depot, Walmart, etc). Buy the bottle with the skinny twist off cap. Take some scissors and cut off the tip so when you squeeze the bottle a puff of boric acid will shoot out. You don't have to cake it into the surface, just point it and squeeze puffs all along the floor/wall junctions. If the infestation is really bad, do the cabinets/cupboards too.
You don't have to go through all this. I crush a couple whole cloves and put them in a little jar with peppermint oil and enough vinegar to cover the cloves, then add a bit of hot water (to double the amount already in the jar) before stirring everything thoroughly. Put a lid on your jar and stick it away in a cupboard for a while so it'll steep. I typically put it somewhere that I know I'll forget about all winter until Spring. By then, it will be one heck of repellent for ants, silverfish, and a few other buggies! It can be diluted to spray but it can leave a residue/stain. I use a pipette/eye dropper to place small amounts inside door and window frames. For a small or medium space, a saturated cotton ball placed in a plastic bottle lid can be put in drawers, closets, on top of dressers or shelves, etc. I do the same thing in a larger jar with citrus peels (oranges, lemons...) to make a natural all purpose household cleaner. Lots of insects also don't like citrus!
What you’re suggesting seems like a lot as well and it stains so not sure if putting on a cotton ball and sticking in a drawer is a great idea. Video seems easier. Great tips as well for those who can wait for the next season to have the most potent repellent. Will try to save this for another year.
I absolutely love finding natural safe ways to approach something. Thanks for sharing. Pesticides are so nasty and dangerous for ppl and pets. I hate pesticides and refuse to use them.
As an exterminator, I can tell you confidently that pesticides applied according to the manufacturers label and following state and federal guidelines are no threat to anyone. The regulatory bodies surrounding the pest control industry are huge and far reaching. We’ve been studying the effects of pesticides on humans such as organo-phosphates for over 100 years. People get hurt by chemicals when they don’t know how to properly apply them.
@justina6176 thank you! This is exactly why i have issues with the whole "organic" food industry, because the pesticides that are used for food are far more safe, at least environmentally, than the "natural" methods most organic farmers use.
Just for those who do not know cockroaches in most other insects cannot stand bay leaves and I don't know why but they just cannot stand it they will vacate the area you can buy it in the grocery store in the seasoning area and like I tell people crush it up sprinkling around the stove the refrigerator behind the sink things like that and you will see a drop quickly hope this helps somebody
It never worked. I was renting an appt where there was a small hole near the pipe that goes through all the house and I saw cockroaches coming sometimes. Tried the bay leaves but it never worked. It worked only when my friend did all the possible holes in the appt and then I used chemical spray to ensure they won’t come again. And they never appeared again.
@@kisutis Bay leaves are excellent at prevention but a full blown infestation wont be deterred. Combat gel and high end roach motels are needed at that point.
@@w47765 I tried all possible remedies that I found on internet. I prevented them only after doing all the holes I found near the pipes and so on and calling service to disinfect it afterwards. It’s an apartment block so I guess until the central pipes won’t be changed in the whole house (they are old and it’s apartment block), cockroaches won’t disappear.
For flies, you can also buy a high quality incense like spicy cinnamon from Fred Solls incense and the flies really want to get out of your house or not even enter at all.
Great tip ! Thank you . I also have another tip to share with you to avoid cockroaches : I mix about 4 tbsp edible white vinegar with about a tablespoon of cloves in a little bowl and leave it in the corner of a kitchen work top. This also works incredibly well to me.
Cloves also help ease toothache pain..just place a couple of whole cloves on the gums next to the tooth thats hurting ..i used them for a long time until i was able to afford the dentist.
Just remember that if you own a dog or a cat that they can pick up the smell 50 times what a human can smell. So if the odor is any way offensive it will be 50 times as offensive to a dog or a cat,and they won't be too happy
It works. I had flies all around my front door. I sprayed on the inside and outside my door and no more flies within minutes. Preparing more to spray around all the windows of the house and garage
Exactly why I'm here right now, i have the neem oil on its way. Going to try this tomorrow. My poor orchids have been infested, spreading to my other plants too. Thanks for the tip
@@EmilySeeker Try also to take as much soil from that orchid and give it some new, as the gnats lay eggs in the topsoil. Than make sure to stay watering from below so the topsoil dries out. If you want you can temporarly put kitchenfoil on the soil so your plant can recover and no one can lay eggs. Good luck!
I have always cleaned up too! But when you have an open field behind you that doesn’t belong to anyone, probably the city or county, and you live next door to a person that has dogs. They don’t clean the back yard very often or the pens where the dogs stay. Then we have squirrels that run across the yards and go up and down the trees, and walk across the electric lines getting from tree to tree or on the house to a tree. Then during the nighttime hours we have raccoons, possums and no telling what other kinds of animals come around. We have already had a cat die because another animal ripped a huge hole in her stomach! We took her to the vet, got her spayed & shots! She was healed from that, but then about a month later we seen signs of a fight and our cat was dead! A person can have a spotless house and still have bugs!! We live in a very small town in Texas! Norma Collins From Texas
And to think I had Cloves in my spice rack, baking soda in the kitchen cabinet and Bay leaf growing blissfully as a mighty shrub in my Garden....all blissfully separated from each other 😅😅😅
Cloves might get stuck in the spray bottle, it's better to use oil of cloves added to water instead. Cloves do ward off insects, so does vinegar (for some), lemongrass, and chestnuts for spiders.
I only ever see chestnuts at Christmas time and that is when no spiders are around because it is too cold. They only start to emerge when it gets to around 10 degrees celsius.
Thanks for this video, now i know bay leaves is a repellant for cockroaches. I hate cockroaches roaming around the kitchen and even ants, bugs , spider, too.
Using plain rubbing alcohol works great. Pour it in your spray bottle and spray insects and their path. The alcohol lasts even after drying up. No sticky mess...
It didn't really seem to last once it's dried up from what I've experienced but it definitely is a great bug spray.. gets rid of just about anything in seconds. I've been using it for years
@@w9906Im trying to find something to get rid of spiders also but I have just had an idea. What if you spray them with hairspray? Will they then just become stiff and not be able to run away? Not sure but it is worth a try. someone else said chestnuts for spiders but I have never tried it as can only see chestnuts sold Xmastime and no spiders running around in winter.
@@w9906 yes! Spiders also breathe thru their skin. The alcohol basically suffocates them. Soapy water works too. I like 100% rubbing alcohol because it sanitizes too
We don't have cockroaches in Belgium, but I did have some results with bay leaves to keep the tiny bugs away that use to creep into the pantry in order to lay their eggs in flower, rice or anything of that type of food. So yes, it could work. But I don't think the soda is necessary. They tend to put soda bicarbonate in everything lately, but its beneficialty is greatly exaggerated.
Actually you’re a little wrong there. So many fancy concoctions actually have bicarb soda as their base ingredient. At 60 I have proved many times the usefulness of bicarb. eg. put in bowl in fridge keeps fridge smells at bay, etc etc.
@@Vetti-o5f I'm not saying it doesn't do anything. It does. I'm just saying it isn't the miracle product it's sometimes cracked up to be. It does what it does, and that's not "everything", just "some things". And this here thing, about the insect stuff, I don't think it's doing anything to repell insects at all.
I have super roaches. Finally got a professional. They are almost gone. Holding my breath. Tried bay leaves didn't work for me. I will try this method if they didn't get rid of them. I am willing to try anything. Professionals charged me 475dollars. I told you I was willing to try anything!😢
Was it the little or big ones, because big ones are from the outside and nothing can stop them, the professionals only spray and they pass in a few hours, but will still see them
Did you try the Ortho Home Defense (regular perimeter spray and the lawn spray?) I saw a lot of people had good luck with that for roaches. I use it for ants and spiders. They see a bunch of dead ones the next day.
I have those huge water bugs. So sick of them. Afraid to even cook in my own kitchen because I don't know where they're getting in and I'm terrorized by picking up something and finding one suddenly there. They're not above crawling ON me if we happen to collide. Right now, I've been finding a giant one in my kitchen every single day, sometimes more than one. Sometimes my cat gets to them first so instead of finding live ones, I find dead ones. I used to have professionals come out and spray regularly and I didn't have much trouble. But I changed jobs and can't afford it anymore and I just can't deal with them.
@@francesca9263 nah, they don't like it but can easily tolerate them. If there is a better option to get feed, then they will go to another house, until they use similar method too and they return back.
Well they hate it if you just put diatomaceous earth powder behind your cabinets in them behind your oven and refrigerator and stuff like that and it doesn't have any chemicals in it but it does work quickly and makes their shell crack open and they die because their innards desiccate
@@gardensofthegodsthis is the one. I was just about to recommend. Nothing works better. Just be careful not to inhale or put where kids or pets can be exposed.
Ants will not cross a line of talcum (or cornstarch). And diatomacious earth in a dish underneath a cat/dog food bowl will ensure not one ant is in your pet's food ever again.
Diatomaceous earth can cause respiratory problems in your pet. It's when they breathe the dust. Also, if they lick the d.e. it affects the gastrointestinal tract and can causes vomiting. Doesn't sound like a good idea to put that near your pet's food.😮
Brooke, You are WONDERFUL!!! I love how You told that troll; You deal with Your mental illness the way that You do! You are 10,000% RIGHT!!! No one has the right to tell You how to deal with Your issues EVER!!! You are so WONDERFUL AND SO VERY SWEET!!! YOUR GOAL TO HELP OTHERS IS SOOOO KIND!!! I am so sorry, Honey that the troll said anything cruel to You. I do not have the cleanest mouth so I am trying very hard to not call the troll, ONLY A TROLL!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!! ✝️🙏🏽❤️👍🏼 You keep doing what You are doing. Because You are WONDERFUL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!!! Love You and Your Adorable Family. 😊💕💕💕👍🏼👋🏼
I'm not sure what the baking soda is reacting to. Baking soda reacts to acids. Cloves are basic (alkaline) and water is neutral. Baking soda only works if the pests ingest it raw because it reacts with the digestive system and explodes it. The cloves are the only active ingredient here.
@user-iv8sp4wm6c I guess you DO learn something new every day. Baking soda (bicarbonate) breaks down in hot water to carbonate which, in high enough concentration, can cause damage. Cool! 😊
I had ants really bad on my kitchen counters. I used clove oil. Dabbed some on a q-tip and brushed it all over the perimeter and also put some on 2 bay leaves at each end. In 1 hour they were gone!! There is a for sure method that makes all insects go and that’s Dexterous Earth. I just don’t like the powder laying around. Make sure it’s Grade A.
Just use white vinegar with water. It’s simpler and it works for ants. Plus if you mix it with salt, you can stop ants and weeds especially on laneway stones.
Yes but suggesting for the outside perimeter of the house or on brick/tile pathways. Smells goes away quickly. You may have a desire to get some fries.
@@murdermittensinc3296 Common thing if you always leave dirty plates or cups on the PC table. Some will go inside the monitor. The most annoying thing is, you see them, but you can't do anything about it because they are inside the screen, walking around like a mofo. That's where the cloves come in. I think the ants can smell it. In a few hours, they leave. Also work if tons of ants are inside the sugar jar. Put few cloves inside and leave it without closing the jar.
Somebody's grandma from down south showed her how to do that, Down Southern Grandmama does my grandma did that back in the sixties and seventies because there was no stores so they had to make their own repellent and this is how she did it 🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️ there she go with that word "DISCOVER," 😏😏😏😏😏
I wouldn't doubt this because I have bowls of cloves on cabinet shelves and in rooms, closets. Bay leaves, Cloves, Tobacco will keep silverfish, moths 😰 and buggers out of clothes. When I put my hand in a blazer pocket, bay leaves are in there. I would def try this!
I also found that cockroaches won't cross a place where citronella lamp oil has been wiped or sprayed... I'm not sure if it kills them but it definitely creates a barrier.😊✌️
@@Nola50We do not need cockroaches (or as we in Florida "affectionately" call them cockamice! Lol). They're huge down here! They serve no purpose that I know of.
Great Idea, I think that is why they don't use insecticide on Mint Leaves the bugs hate pungent smells. I put Apple Cider vinegar in a bottle with 1 part water and 2 parts vinegar. Put it in a bottle half full and punch holes with a nail in the lid. You won't believe how many gnats and fruit flies will be in that bottle over night. Thanks for the tip now you have mine.
The ones I hate the most are flies and mosquitoes. Those two are what make me hate the summertime. U can't eat your food in peace. Flies trying to help u eat your food and the mosquitoes eat u for lunch. U can't win not.
I haven't tried this one yet, I just have ants and the liquid bait stations work great whenever those show up. But peppermint oil seems at least mildly effective against *mice*. It doesn't poison them and doesn't seem to work well in the winter when they have fewer other choices, but in summer it annoys them enough that they consider moving out.
Tip: if you put tea tree oil into shampoo, it a repellent for head lice. Also put some into your dogs shampoo as its a repellent for fleas etc. it really works. No more kids coming home from school with lice.b🙌🏻💚🇮🇪
Bay leaves, Baking Soda, Cloves are the ingredients. Drop of peppermint oil on Dried Bay leaves in fruit bowl keeps fruit flys and ants away. Along with putting bay leaves in sugar and flour keeps insects away. Bay leaves keeps insects out of your home. If you can’t spray mixture you can lay dry bay leaves next to place you want insects not to enter home (cabinets next to wall, base boards etc) Clove oil helps with toothache. If you don’t have oil you can place whole cloves in the mouth next to the tooth that has pain Roaches and mice hate boric acid (Borax) and peppermint/ anything mint like spearmint
I use Ortho Home Defense and spray it around the outside perimeter of my home once a month. I’ve never had problems with ANY bugs. When we clean (every two weeks) we do find dead spiders or centipedes that seemingly cross the threshold of the bug spray but they are always belly up and dead! It definitely works for us!!
Who else thought the insects were frying until they watched the end 😳
😅😂
Haha
Same here 😅😅
Me too 😂
Yep. At first, I thought they were mosquito larvae.
who else thought those were tadpoles? lol
Exactly 😂!
Me or flies 😅
✋
I surely did
✋me me😂
When I was a kid we had an infestation of ants in the kitchen every spring and summer. They got into everything. My mum eventually put dry bayleaves in the kitchen cabinets against the outer walls and along the skirting boards. No ants ever again. It really does work!
Thank you so much. Just bay leaves ? I have an opening in my utility room for my dryer and I don’t have one and there coming out of there so badddd 😩 I’m going to get some now . Thank you.
@@rasheenacarter8163try cinnamon powder too
Thanks for the information. These ants are getting on my nerves👍😇
Dude 😂 same here.
Came here to find a solution!
@@rasheenacarter8163 you can buy a cap to cover the opening. If you own it and know you won’t get a dryer, you could use spray foam in that space to close the hole. After it expands, you simply use a knife to cut it flush with the wall.
Who else thought the bugs were in the pan till they watched 😅
me, lol
Me!
LOL
😂😂😂😂😂❤
Somebody LITERALLY said this already, it’s like you seen somebody else’s comment and typed the EXACT same shit!!!!
Instructions for those who want them in a screenshot: pour 300ml water into a frying pan, add 2 tbsps cloves and heat up, when water changes color add 2 tbsps baking soda, after fizzing reaction pour decoction into a spray bottle and add a few Bay leaves to the bpttle. Spray down both sides of your front door, baseboards, windowsills and cabinets.
Thank you so much for your kindness Ma'am.
What kind of cloves? That’s the part that has me stuck
Can ground cloves work?
Thank you this😊I don't always have the patience to write it down
Glooking
Its just the cloves. The oils released have a strong smell but also a numbing agent. To an insect it would be paralysis, so they avoid
No it's not because we use bday leaves spray even when we don't have cloves.
Bay leaves deter insects.
Bay leaves too!
Cloves can be toxic for cats, though.
@zxyatiywariii8 thanks for the heads up!
I made this last night. Sprayed it around my windowsills, back splash and cabinets in my kitchen. This morning there were maybe like ten ants🐜🐜 as opposed to hundreds before. Will be spraying more tonight. This works!!👍🏻
mix equal parts sugar and borax and place it around your home, ants will carry it back to the queen and your ant problem will be completely gone in one day!
Where to buy cloves thanks
@@giaogiao8180 any grocery store
@@giaogiao8180Grocery stores sell cloves.
@@giaogiao8180in the spice aisle at any grocery store. Cloves is a spice. Make sure you get Whole cloves verses ground cloves because the cloves looses the natural oils once ground. Look for non gmo Whole Cloves
Came to comment section to read all the legends at work.
I wasn't disappointed 😂😂😂
Edit: Thank you, everyone. I have never gotten this many likes before. it's invigorating ❤️.
Same😂
😂😂😂
Ikr 😂😂😂
I believe them. Listen and learn, young buck.
@Amlamekvids now you are another 1 legend 😅
Bitter scents repel insects. Tea tree oil, peppermint and eucalyptus oil works for mosquitos.
Watch your tea tree oil. It can be toxic
Good. I have all 3 on hand. Bought a set of 5 oils for $9.99 at Marshall's last weekend. Prior to buying them and seeing this video I had already sprayed my place with one of those name brand bug killers. It was working great for about a week but now it's as if I hadn't did anything 🤬 When I use that product it takes a while for me to clean up (don't want any of those drips laying around) and it takes a toll on my body. I'd rather use something that I can just mix together, spray as needed and not have to worry about. Gonna give this a try today. Thanks... 👍
and bed bugs
Insects really be having the audacity to enter the home of a creature 100x its size. Sickening
@@ScreamingNCreaming19indeed, just like zionism.
Cat and dog owners should be warned that all of these plant oils that would be implicated in this fix and the ones listed in the comments section are highly toxic to cats and dogs. So if I were to implement this it would be outside on window sills and door thresholds. I would not put this where my pets could get it even walking around or sniffing it. You got to think about these things. Pesticides are not the only things that are toxic. I would treat this type of concoction exactly the same as pesticides when it comes to the well-being of my pets.
Important point missed out👍🏾 God bless you🙏🏾
Answered the question was going to ask
Some eat cats dogs
no they arent stop it....cloves arent toxic just your attitude is.
@@stanlee2200you must be looking in the mirror when you're saying something about a toxic attitude. Fact is you're straight up wrong. Clove is toxic to cats in sufficient quantities. If you're making a tincture that thing is going to be toxic with the recipe she suggested. It's straight up science no attitude involved on my part just knowledge. Too bad that your brain can't hold any knowledge apparently. Apparently you can't even seek it. Are you even allowed on the internet?
Always better to avoid toxic chemicals. I had an infestation of bluebottles that must've just hatched from under the old floorboards in the back porch of a new dwelling. I didn't notice and when I openened the door they all swarmed into my home. It was scary. They just zoomed around together ignoring all the wide open windows. I didn't have fly spray (it honestly makes me feel sick and although I was freaked out and just wanted them out I'm glad) I was studying a book about the vaiouse uses of natural ingredients so I looked fly deterrent and the only thing I had was a small onion which it said should be peeled and boiled. Sure enough as soon as they smelt the steam from the onion they all exited within an instant! I was amazed and relieved. If I'd used a chemical spray it would have been carnage! Always try natural remedies and cleaning products when you are able. All it takes is a few cheap natural ingredients and a little effort that will save time, money, your families and the environments health. ❤
❤❤❤ mine is cockroaches AM do fed up,will onion deal with them?
@@ElizabethMaina-l2xhave you tried sprinkling boric acid in every room (where your walls meet the floor)? Hot shot is a good brand (they sell it at home depot, Walmart, etc). Buy the bottle with the skinny twist off cap. Take some scissors and cut off the tip so when you squeeze the bottle a puff of boric acid will shoot out. You don't have to cake it into the surface, just point it and squeeze puffs all along the floor/wall junctions. If the infestation is really bad, do the cabinets/cupboards too.
Thank you.
Try diatomaceous earth @@ElizabethMaina-l2x
What’s a bluebottle?
In the old times, people put bay leaves into barrels/containers of flour to keep bugs (weevils or mites) out.
Won't the scent transfer into the flour?
@@jessicamenchaca4970it does not thank goodness and it really works
Just make sure you don't get it in your bread recipes.
You don't have to go through all this. I crush a couple whole cloves and put them in a little jar with peppermint oil and enough vinegar to cover the cloves, then add a bit of hot water (to double the amount already in the jar) before stirring everything thoroughly. Put a lid on your jar and stick it away in a cupboard for a while so it'll steep. I typically put it somewhere that I know I'll forget about all winter until Spring. By then, it will be one heck of repellent for ants, silverfish, and a few other buggies! It can be diluted to spray but it can leave a residue/stain. I use a pipette/eye dropper to place small amounts inside door and window frames. For a small or medium space, a saturated cotton ball placed in a plastic bottle lid can be put in drawers, closets, on top of dressers or shelves, etc.
I do the same thing in a larger jar with citrus peels (oranges, lemons...) to make a natural all purpose household cleaner. Lots of insects also don't like citrus!
What you’re suggesting seems like a lot as well and it stains so not sure if putting on a cotton ball and sticking in a drawer is a great idea. Video seems easier. Great tips as well for those who can wait for the next season to have the most potent repellent. Will try to save this for another year.
I absolutely love finding natural safe ways to approach something. Thanks for sharing. Pesticides are so nasty and dangerous for ppl and pets. I hate pesticides and refuse to use them.
Me too
I've never had a health issue with the average pesticide. I thought if used properly and as intended, it's safe. It's not?
As an exterminator, I can tell you confidently that pesticides applied according to the manufacturers label and following state and federal guidelines are no threat to anyone.
The regulatory bodies surrounding the pest control industry are huge and far reaching. We’ve been studying the effects of pesticides on humans such as organo-phosphates for over 100 years.
People get hurt by chemicals when they don’t know how to properly apply them.
@justina6176 thank you! This is exactly why i have issues with the whole "organic" food industry, because the pesticides that are used for food are far more safe, at least environmentally, than the "natural" methods most organic farmers use.
@@bradyp8868propaganda.
No tadpoles were harmed during the making of this video.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 i tought it too
Yep, add me to your, can't tell difference between cloves and tadpoles clan..
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
😂😂😂😂😊
Just for those who do not know cockroaches in most other insects cannot stand bay leaves and I don't know why but they just cannot stand it they will vacate the area you can buy it in the grocery store in the seasoning area and like I tell people crush it up sprinkling around the stove the refrigerator behind the sink things like that and you will see a drop quickly hope this helps somebody
here in india we grow the bay leave tree and use its leaves in cooking to add flavor
@@ghostwarrior79ghost10we do as well. This is another use for bay leaves
It never worked. I was renting an appt where there was a small hole near the pipe that goes through all the house and I saw cockroaches coming sometimes. Tried the bay leaves but it never worked. It worked only when my friend did all the possible holes in the appt and then I used chemical spray to ensure they won’t come again. And they never appeared again.
@@kisutis Bay leaves are excellent at prevention but a full blown infestation wont be deterred. Combat gel and high end roach motels are needed at that point.
@@w47765 I tried all possible remedies that I found on internet. I prevented them only after doing all the holes I found near the pipes and so on and calling service to disinfect it afterwards. It’s an apartment block so I guess until the central pipes won’t be changed in the whole house (they are old and it’s apartment block), cockroaches won’t disappear.
“ I cook them for dinner and then they get scared and never return” is what I thought she was gonna say when I saw the beginning
Lol
For flies, you can also buy a high quality incense like spicy cinnamon from Fred Solls incense and the flies really want to get out of your house or not even enter at all.
Incense! That's what I keep saying! 👍😁
Flies dont like pine sol
Great tip ! Thank you . I also have another tip to share with you to avoid cockroaches : I mix about 4 tbsp edible white vinegar with about a tablespoon of cloves in a little bowl and leave it in the corner of a kitchen work top. This also works incredibly well to me.
Cloves also help ease toothache pain..just place a couple of whole cloves on the gums next to the tooth thats hurting ..i used them for a long time until i was able to afford the dentist.
Cloves of what ?? Not garlic?
😂😂😂😂@@gabynarufan
@@gabynarufan a brown leafy cloves it shows in short video ... but still funny joke :D
@@gabynarufan lol they’re just called cloves
You can also by clove oil that numbs your dental pain quite well. Great in an emergency.
Just remember that if you own a dog or a cat that they can pick up the smell 50 times what a human can smell.
So if the odor is any way offensive it will be 50 times as offensive to a dog or a cat,and they won't be too happy
Thanks for that tip😊
Good to know. Neighborhood "outdoor" cats, and the strays that they attract are using our flower beds as toilets. 😠
I have stray cat that likes to visit my patio maybe it’ll work on him too!
They’ll be ok. They like the smell of shit and I don’t. So they can put up with some herbs.
It’s just cloves
It works. I had flies all around my front door. I sprayed on the inside and outside my door and no more flies within minutes. Preparing more to spray around all the windows of the house and garage
Pine sol or boiledmpinee cones with a touch of.Dawn dishwashing soap.. stops those house flies
I recommend this, but with the addition of a spoonfull neem-oil. You can spray this on plants too if they are infected with f.i. fungus gnats.
Exactly why I'm here right now, i have the neem oil on its way. Going to try this tomorrow. My poor orchids have been infested, spreading to my other plants too. Thanks for the tip
@@EmilySeeker Try also to take as much soil from that orchid and give it some new, as the gnats lay eggs in the topsoil. Than make sure to stay watering from below so the topsoil dries out. If you want you can temporarly put kitchenfoil on the soil so your plant can recover and no one can lay eggs. Good luck!
I thought those were bugs boiling around in the water. At first oh my god.
I know. I was getting elated at the thought of of boiling mosquito larvae! 😅
I thought the same 😂
Metoo😂😂
same fr 😂😂
Another good thing about Citronella essential oil is that it also kills trash odors!
Mabye... the trash odors are causing the bugs... just maybe
It is good on Mosquito bites, stops the itch. Stops them biting you again.
Mix soap, water, and vinegar in a spray bottle, gets rid of flys in just a few sprays
OMG the comments have me rolling 🤣 😅😅😅😅 I needed the laughs plus she says the exact amount of cloves
Eucalyptus oil cheap at Walmart does the same thing. Works for killing lice eggs too.
Eucalyptus didn't work for me 😭
@@MAAT1111 I feel like it invites them instead 🤦🏽♀️
I have no pests and have never had pests. Only thing I do is clean up after myself right after I make a mess. Dishes, stove, etc. Never had a problem.
This!
I have always cleaned up too! But when you have an open field behind you that doesn’t belong to anyone, probably the city or county, and you live next door to a person that has dogs. They don’t clean the back yard very often or the pens where the dogs stay. Then we have squirrels that run across the yards and go up and down the trees, and walk across the electric lines getting from tree to tree or on the house to a tree. Then during the nighttime hours we have raccoons, possums and no telling what other kinds of animals come around. We have already had a cat die because another animal ripped a huge hole in her stomach! We took her to the vet, got her spayed & shots! She was healed from that, but then about a month later we seen signs of a fight and our cat was dead!
A person can have a spotless house and still have bugs!! We live in a very small town in Texas!
Norma Collins From Texas
It worked!!! I no longer have my wife and kids, thanks.
💀
I’m dead 💀
She said it will react with a de-cock-sion
😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
And to think I had Cloves in my spice rack, baking soda in the kitchen cabinet and Bay leaf growing blissfully as a mighty shrub in my Garden....all blissfully separated from each other 😅😅😅
I’ve got no more ants in my house, but now I’ve got dozens and stray cats in my yard who refuse to leave.
Cloves might get stuck in the spray bottle, it's better to use oil of cloves added to water instead. Cloves do ward off insects, so does vinegar (for some), lemongrass, and chestnuts for spiders.
As well as peppermint oil
I only ever see chestnuts at Christmas time and that is when no spiders are around because it is too cold. They only start to emerge when it gets to around 10 degrees celsius.
You can also strain the clove water for the spray bottle.
I should've read this comment first before I clogged my spray bottle😵
Cloves can reduce toksic in body too,drink cloves water after boiling it
You mean toxic?
You keep your house clean you’ll never have ants and roaches , no need for chemicals or remedies. Flying insects might require traps.
Using 3 Bay leaves in warm water works just as well. I didn't use cloves or baking soda. Why a frying pan? Wouldn't a pot do.😊✌️🕯️🙏🖖🙂👋👣. Vj.
If they said pot someone would've said, "why not a pan"? 😂 I mean use whatever you want, it makes no difference.
It's a cooking trick: the shallow pan boils faster for smaller batches. Example: cooking noodles in a pan full of water rather than a pot is faster.
She’s not into pot.
@@psyeklmore precisely it’s the larger surface area. Using a bigger pot also works.
I wonder what pot would do to bugs🌃😅🐜spray🚬🌿🌱🍃 🕷😂
Thanks for this video, now i know bay leaves is a repellant for cockroaches. I hate cockroaches roaming around the kitchen and even ants, bugs , spider, too.
😂clean
Using plain rubbing alcohol works great. Pour it in your spray bottle and spray insects and their path. The alcohol lasts even after drying up. No sticky mess...
It didn't really seem to last once it's dried up from what I've experienced but it definitely is a great bug spray.. gets rid of just about anything in seconds. I've been using it for years
Will it work on spiders?
@@w9906Im trying to find something to get rid of spiders also but I have just had an idea. What if you spray them with hairspray? Will they then just become stiff and not be able to run away? Not sure but it is worth a try. someone else said chestnuts for spiders but I have never tried it as can only see chestnuts sold Xmastime and no spiders running around in winter.
@@w9906 yes! Spiders also breathe thru their skin. The alcohol basically suffocates them. Soapy water works too. I like 100% rubbing alcohol because it sanitizes too
Ammonia!
I love how you get straight to the point.
Thank you.
I am a plant enthusiast, so I hope this will get rid of my gnats.
Allow your soil to dry fully. They will keep breeding in moist soil. Gl
If you were a plant enthusiast, youd know.
"Insects avoid the house like the plague" 😂😂😂
Thought this was gonna be another Asian street food video
Who else had never heard of a ‘decoction’?! Had to look it up!
Common in South of India! Coffee decoction
Her method here is more of a concoction though, as it contains more than one ingredient.
I was waiting for this comment! 😅 "decoction " 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for NOT disappointing me!!!
Common if from places like Kentucky or Indiana
We don't have cockroaches in Belgium, but I did have some results with bay leaves to keep the tiny bugs away that use to creep into the pantry in order to lay their eggs in flower, rice or anything of that type of food. So yes, it could work. But I don't think the soda is necessary. They tend to put soda bicarbonate in everything lately, but its beneficialty is greatly exaggerated.
So is the word 'beneficiality'.
@@NatureOfDuality369 Are you correcting typos?
😂 love it
Actually you’re a little wrong there. So many fancy concoctions actually have bicarb soda as their base ingredient. At 60 I have proved many times the usefulness of bicarb. eg. put in bowl in fridge keeps fridge smells at bay, etc etc.
@@Vetti-o5f I'm not saying it doesn't do anything. It does. I'm just saying it isn't the miracle product it's sometimes cracked up to be. It does what it does, and that's not "everything", just "some things". And this here thing, about the insect stuff, I don't think it's doing anything to repell insects at all.
I have super roaches. Finally got a professional. They are almost gone. Holding my breath. Tried bay leaves didn't work for me. I will try this method if they didn't get rid of them. I am willing to try anything. Professionals charged me 475dollars. I told you I was willing to try anything!😢
Was it the little or big ones, because big ones are from the outside and nothing can stop them, the professionals only spray and they pass in a few hours, but will still see them
Did you try the Ortho Home Defense (regular perimeter spray and the lawn spray?) I saw a lot of people had good luck with that for roaches. I use it for ants and spiders. They see a bunch of dead ones the next day.
Half boraxo half confectioners sugar. Place on home perimeters and on a paper plate in cabinets. So much cheaper.
I have those huge water bugs. So sick of them. Afraid to even cook in my own kitchen because I don't know where they're getting in and I'm terrorized by picking up something and finding one suddenly there. They're not above crawling ON me if we happen to collide. Right now, I've been finding a giant one in my kitchen every single day, sometimes more than one. Sometimes my cat gets to them first so instead of finding live ones, I find dead ones. I used to have professionals come out and spray regularly and I didn't have much trouble. But I changed jobs and can't afford it anymore and I just can't deal with them.
Did it work???
I thought it was cooking all those bugs till they were all gone 😅
The best part is, husbands and kids also avoid the house like the plague.
😂
I had a pest that infested my house once.
Luckily, we are now divorced..😜😆👍
How did you do that . Please please reply me ❤. Thanks 😊
Me 2 😂
😂😂😂😂
I am with you honey.
@@pratimaghai5185get a good, no wait, an excellent attorney
Cockroaches are literally so versatile, that they can defy virtually any sprays or repellents.
This method is old school it works
@@francesca9263 nah, they don't like it but can easily tolerate them. If there is a better option to get feed, then they will go to another house, until they use similar method too and they return back.
Well they hate it if you just put diatomaceous earth powder behind your cabinets in them behind your oven and refrigerator and stuff like that and it doesn't have any chemicals in it but it does work quickly and makes their shell crack open and they die because their innards desiccate
@@gardensofthegodsthis is the one. I was just about to recommend. Nothing works better. Just be careful not to inhale or put where kids or pets can be exposed.
Those nasty pests survived nuclear Blast💀 its cute to see peoples audacity to claim it works
Who wonders how dirty thst makes the white door, windows and window sills
It's so good to see all of these Solutions but y'all making my skin crawl. Respectfully!
Ants will not cross a line of talcum (or cornstarch). And diatomacious earth in a dish underneath a cat/dog food bowl will ensure not one ant is in your pet's food ever again.
Diatomaceous earth can cause respiratory problems in your pet. It's when they breathe the dust. Also, if they lick the d.e. it affects the gastrointestinal tract and can causes vomiting. Doesn't sound like a good idea to put that near your pet's food.😮
I’ve never had roaches but we get plenty of flies and ants. This will come in handy! 😊
Brooke, You are WONDERFUL!!! I love how You told that troll; You deal with Your mental illness the way that You do! You are 10,000% RIGHT!!! No one has the right to tell You how to deal with Your issues EVER!!! You are so WONDERFUL AND SO VERY SWEET!!! YOUR GOAL TO HELP OTHERS IS SOOOO KIND!!! I am so sorry, Honey that the troll said anything cruel to You. I do not have the cleanest mouth so I am trying very hard to not call the troll, ONLY A TROLL!!!
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!! ✝️🙏🏽❤️👍🏼 You keep doing what You are doing. Because You are WONDERFUL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!!! Love You and Your Adorable Family. 😊💕💕💕👍🏼👋🏼
100% is max..
Take a breath. Its YT.. chill.
I'm not sure what the baking soda is reacting to. Baking soda reacts to acids. Cloves are basic (alkaline) and water is neutral. Baking soda only works if the pests ingest it raw because it reacts with the digestive system and explodes it. The cloves are the only active ingredient here.
Baking soda reacts to the temperature of the water.
@user-iv8sp4wm6c I guess you DO learn something new every day. Baking soda (bicarbonate) breaks down in hot water to carbonate which, in high enough concentration, can cause damage.
Cool! 😊
It is boiling
Irish spring soap melted on your window sills and doorways works too and makes your house smell fresh
and best of all it's all natural and natural no pesky chemicals or anything
We tried Irish spring soap , smelled great !
Didn’t work for us!😫
@@joannebaker8086 you didn't use it right Irish spring goes into your mouth not on your skin silly it's mouth wash🤣
How do you melt the Irish spring soap?
You can just shave and sprinkle outside around windows and doors. It really works for ants.@@Janice-vt4tu
Somebody like this so I can come back later
I also spray beddings, everywhere...I like the Clove smell also..
Watching this without volume you would think she bowled up a pan of roaches, and sprayed their renderings about the house😅
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had ants really bad on my kitchen counters. I used clove oil. Dabbed some on a q-tip and brushed it all over the perimeter and also put some on 2 bay leaves at each end. In 1 hour they were gone!!
There is a for sure method that makes all insects go and that’s Dexterous Earth. I just don’t like the powder laying around. Make sure it’s Grade A.
Now my cockroaches are enjoying every thing in biryani flavour
They thank you 😊
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂roaches are gangsters that never die
😂😂😂
@@sarahnjeri8749you ain't never lie 😂
Just use white vinegar with water. It’s simpler and it works for ants. Plus if you mix it with salt, you can stop ants and weeds especially on laneway stones.
😂 the mixture stinks if you walk on a room that has been cleaned up with vinegar and water it stinks❗️
Yes but suggesting for the outside perimeter of the house or on brick/tile pathways. Smells goes away quickly. You may have a desire to get some fries.
Pests not just ants
Vinegar can strip your paint and ruin wood.
@@DistractionPickles yes that is why I suggested outside perimeter. On stone tiles or soil. Stop them before they come into the house.l
I thought those cloves were tadpoles in the frying pan at first 😮
Ants are friends of human beings. Don't talk of cockroaches and ants in the same sentence. Cockroaches are pests.
I have a current infestation of tiny sugar ants. They are absolutely not my friends in any form or fashion.
The ants destroying the walls of my stone farmhouse are definitely not friends. The damage is incredible and they’re a nuisance in the kitchen.
With the ant infestation we have ALL OVER our property-city really, i beg to differ. Ants are BEYOND pests.
Ants are related to termites that eat homes
The baking soda seems useless, it's already been neutralised, now it does nothing.
I taped few cloves at the edges of my PC monitor every time I got ants inside the screen. It worked flawlessly.
😂😂😂😂😂
I’m sorry. ANTS. IN. THE. MONITOR??????
@@murdermittensinc3296 Common thing if you always leave dirty plates or cups on the PC table. Some will go inside the monitor. The most annoying thing is, you see them, but you can't do anything about it because they are inside the screen, walking around like a mofo.
That's where the cloves come in. I think the ants can smell it. In a few hours, they leave. Also work if tons of ants are inside the sugar jar. Put few cloves inside and leave it without closing the jar.
Sounds like you got a computer bug. 😂
"Walking around like a mofo"😆😂😆🤣
You don't even need the bay leaves, it works without them.
Smell of cloves would send me running from my home too 😢
Somebody's grandma from down south showed her how to do that, Down Southern Grandmama does my grandma did that back in the sixties and seventies because there was no stores so they had to make their own repellent and this is how she did it 🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️🤷🏿♀️ there she go with that word "DISCOVER," 😏😏😏😏😏
ehy did i think you were deepfriying the living shit out of the bugs in the beginning😭
I wouldn't doubt this because I have bowls of cloves on cabinet shelves and in rooms, closets. Bay leaves, Cloves, Tobacco will keep silverfish, moths 😰 and buggers out of clothes. When I put my hand in a blazer pocket, bay leaves are in there. I would def try this!
❤Lemon juice and vinegar works wonders!! 😅
I thought those were tadpoles.
Citronella essential oil does it for me! I was plagued with fruit flies and ants. Citronella got rid of all those pests!
I also found that cockroaches won't cross a place where citronella lamp oil has been wiped or sprayed... I'm not sure if it kills them but it definitely creates a barrier.😊✌️
@@memary6730The point is not to kill them but to repel them. We need our bugs!
@@Nola50We do not need cockroaches (or as we in Florida "affectionately" call them cockamice! Lol). They're huge down here! They serve no purpose that I know of.
@@pamr.8025 I live in Louisiana just 3 hours from Florida. Pretty sure we have the same cockroaches
@@Nola50 Hahaha...I'm sorry! I hate those things!!
Cloves inside the bottle will clog the dispenser. It needs a filter al the bottom.
Great Idea, I think that is why they don't use insecticide on Mint Leaves the bugs hate pungent smells. I put Apple Cider vinegar in a bottle with 1 part water and 2 parts vinegar. Put it in a bottle half full and punch holes with a nail in the lid. You won't believe how many gnats and fruit flies will be in that bottle over night. Thanks for the tip now you have mine.
The ones I hate the most are flies and mosquitoes. Those two are what make me hate the summertime. U can't eat your food in peace. Flies trying to help u eat your food and the mosquitoes eat u for lunch. U can't win not.
I'll have to try this one out
I
I thought she was deep frying some ants
Thks for sharing ❤SOUTH AFRICA
You can use clove oil instead and some dish soap to dissolve it in the spray.
Gonna try it!
I haven't tried this one yet, I just have ants and the liquid bait stations work great whenever those show up. But peppermint oil seems at least mildly effective against *mice*. It doesn't poison them and doesn't seem to work well in the winter when they have fewer other choices, but in summer it annoys them enough that they consider moving out.
Tip: if you put tea tree oil into shampoo, it a repellent for head lice. Also put some into your dogs shampoo as its a repellent for fleas etc. it really works. No more kids coming home from school with lice.b🙌🏻💚🇮🇪
Great idea thanks for sharing
imagine this is fake and people are just spraying poop spray around their house
Wow! I found another method which involves not leaving food laying around and not living like a slob! Life hack!
No need to be rude, if you don't like what she's offering scroll on.
That spice used to be worth like gold did back during the colonazation of the western in Indonesia.
May stop bugs, but I'll end up with unwanted orders for a chicken jalfrezi takeaway from half the street.
Thank you for sharing
I thought they were tadpoles 😭😭
Tall mixing bowl, Fluon(or oil) and a piece of food. So much cheaper and easier than whatever you just did.
Bay leaves, Baking Soda, Cloves are the ingredients.
Drop of peppermint oil on Dried Bay leaves in fruit bowl keeps fruit flys and ants away. Along with putting bay leaves in sugar and flour keeps insects away. Bay leaves keeps insects out of your home. If you can’t spray mixture you can lay dry bay leaves next to place you want insects not to enter home (cabinets next to wall, base boards etc)
Clove oil helps with toothache. If you don’t have oil you can place whole cloves in the mouth next to the tooth that has pain
Roaches and mice hate boric acid (Borax) and peppermint/ anything mint like spearmint
The works because it makes a chemical variant of DDT…which works great on insects but also causes birth defects in human babies.
I just dunked my whole house in that concoction, and now no more insects for 5 months (oh wait there’s till the lizards)
Spiders generally resolve most insect problems.
I thought the thumbnail image was showing the dead insects in the solution.
This might work on flies and ants, but this will make a roach problem worse.
The plague avoids my house too.
I use Ortho Home Defense and spray it around the outside perimeter of my home once a month. I’ve never had problems with ANY bugs. When we clean (every two weeks) we do find dead spiders or centipedes that seemingly cross the threshold of the bug spray but they are always belly up and dead! It definitely works for us!!