How do you get the Citronella plant to keep mosquitoes away?
1823807
Years of professional training. You need to contact a plant trainer. These plants are useless until they are properly trained. Also, you can't be mean to them. Rubbing their nose in their soilings is just wrong. Please, get a professional botanical trainer.
1823808
You must make it into a repellant and apply it to your skin. Try googling "natural bug spray recipes". Best of luck!
1823809
The Plant keeps the mosquitoes away the plant itself is a natural mosquito repellant
1823810
Just needs to be in a place that will create a scent barrier that mosquitoes and other bugs don't want to fly thru.
168118
See the Mosquito Barrier website. Yes you want to spray all your plants throughly especially the one that are in shady areas that retain moisture. This is where the mosquitos rest during the day.
2003047
First of all, there should be only a tiny bit of wick above the hole in the stopper.Second, I've never used citronella so I can't address how it may burn compared to regular lamp oil.Third, I haven't used mine yet so am not sure of this brand. I've only used "Wine Lights" brand in the past.Fourth, once the wick burns down, blow out flame, let it cool, use tweezers to pull up the wick, trim it off with scissors and start the process again.That's all I can offer. Cheers!
763945
That's what I did with it. I attached it with small-sized wire to the bottom of the flowtron. Not sure how effective it is since they are just starting to find Asian tiger mosquitoes where I live (ncal).
949000
Keep on windowsill or where it can best receive sunlight. Outdoors in the sun if not too cold where it can catch its own bugs. Place in a container and water container, not the plant directly, a third of the way up the plant. Hope this helps.
2047140
Gardening--squirll repelent--works great to stop them from digging up and eating bulbs like tulips etc.
1453592
That is specifially why I bought it. We have pet turtles and because of feeding them fruits and veggies, we get the fruit flies too. They aren't easy to whack, they are hard to see, but it does work on them. I haven't had an occasion to use it for mosquitoes yet.
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Hi Kinsee! I'm looking at the bottle I have and I don't see citronellol/citronella listed in the ingredients. Citronellol/citronella is derived from lemongrass, where as the essential oils listed in this deodorant are from blood orange, lemon (in French this is listed as "citron", maybe that's where you're getting "citronella" from?) and mandarine. I personally hate the smell of citronella and don't detect that smell at all when I use this product, to me it comes off more as a light, vague and airy citrus scent. Hope that helps!
1261559
I have not had an issue with mosquitoes, perhaps because my drainpipe covers most of the screen. I do not currently have a plant in the basin that can be placed over the top of the barrel.
751610
A lifetime ago I took horticulture classes and we were told that putting a plant in a clear plastic tent or small plastic greenhouse (sort of a plant quarantine hospital) and adding an insect strip for a week or so (then it can be wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in a zip type bag with pkg instructions for safety) would get rid of mealy bugs. I know it worked for me and did not harm my plants.
2199656
The only thing you need to do is put a few drops of vegetable oil in the reservoir early in the season to keep mosquitos away. Otherwise, it's better than planting in the ground because nothing can crawl up it. However, it does not keep FLYING insects, birds or squirrels away and if your area has a lot of spiders, they will probably find it. I have had it on my deck for a couple years now and never had any issues.
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From what I read on the manufacturer's site when I first purchased this is that it may harm them only if it is DIRECTLY sprayed on them. This is also why the recommend spraying early in the morning or late in the evening. When I spray, I actually walk backwards in hopes of disturbing anything in my path. I also use the end of the sprayer and shake it in bushes and plants to scare anything out, so as not to spray them directly. I use this about every two weeks on the perimeter of my yard and I honestly have fewer mosquito's and just as many bees and butterflies in my gardens/yard. I use specific plants to attract them as well. Hope this helps.
1027759
Make a worm, stick it to the bottom of the vase (you will want at least four 'worms'), place it where it's going to sit, then with increasing pressure twist it back and forth until you feel it grab- it doesn't work without the twisting.
708976
Because moving air has been proven the best way to keep Mosquitos away the answer is yes, to a point.You have to be in the area that is covered by the fans moving air. Chancy at the edges.
252203
The directions for this class of plant always say to use distilled or rain water. i put a watering can where rain water drips off the roof and use that, or purified, or distilled. i think the issue is that the minerals in the water build up and kill the plant. it would probably take a month or more, i'd guess. in the past, my venus fly traps always died because i didn't give them enough light. their needs are similar to a cape honeydew. now i have my two carnivorous plants on the lanai (in southern florida) behind a screen that gets full sun. it's just right. they're doing well. so give 'em enough light and pure water and they should to fine. if you pick up a gallon of purified water (or distilled) from the grocery store it should last a very long time. it only costs about a buck. should last well over a month, i would think. be sure not to let it dry out. i water it so it sits in about 1/8 inch of water. when the water evaporates i put in another 1/8 to 1/4 inch. reminds me, need to check mine. i check 'em every day or two. remember too, you gotta keep 'em humid. if you're in a dry climate keep 'em in a terrarium or something that will keep their air moist. geeze, how's that for a long-winded answer!!!
1073686
These are deet free...they use natural solutions including Lemongrass oil and citronella
1643205
It really has a nice natural smell not like citronella. It smells so nice it's hard not just to spray it just to smell it!