Best Mosquito Repelling Plants
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- The best plants for keeping mosquitoes out of your garden
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Best Mosquito Repelling Plants
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Thank you for that. I'm so glad someone else knows that about mosquitos. I preach this every year. No one listens!!
I’m just discovering these plants with I did this years ago.
Mosquitoes don’t bite me, but gnats really do, and I have a pretty bad reaction to them. I finally bought permethrin treated clothing and they worked so well, all my gardening and hiking clothes are now treated with it. Better than spraying myself down every day!
Does that give like ambient or 'aroma' protection or do they still get you on uncovered skin?
@@TheFXofNewton They don’t bite me on uncovered skin. For instance, the gnats really go for my hairline, but they don’t bite my forehead or behind my ears if my shirt has been treated.
It doesn't. I live in the Australian bush, surrounded by eucalypts, or as we call them ' gum trees' there are still plenty of mosquitos.
My main objection to eucalyptus is that in America they are non-native and can be invasive, as well as raising the fire risk. I wouldn’t plant them here for those reasons, even if they were helpful with mosquitoes!
Our biggest problem is mosquitoes in the house.
The chickens and ducks actually do help keep the mosquito population down. Plus all the lovely bats.
So what do we do if plants don't work.
Oh my goodness, I know that channel. He's often wrong and when called on it just doubles down and makes stuff up.
Thank you for the video.
edit: to be fair, he never mentioned mosquitoes. He talked about distraction crops, flowers to attract beneficial insects and generally accepted flowers to repel veg-eating bugs. So not the fairest comparison. Still not going back to his channel but he wasn't wrong this time.
@dianeladico1769…
Hello. This sounds more like a subject in the field of ‘Combination Planting’ … the idea behind it is interesting but the practical side is quite complicated. I have some books about it and on the internet you can also find a lot of ‘information’ but sometimes contradicting and hard to find solid sources with credible research…
@@brudo5056 Agreed. In an open biological system sometimes it's difficult to tell exactly what effect something has and to what degree.
I was at a nursery the other day and my friend and I were talking about citronella plants and I told her that they didn’t work, someone over heard me say that, she had quite a few citronella plants in her cart, and she said they don’t, and I said no they don’t, she responded by saying well at least they smell good 😂🌷💚🙃
They work only if you extract the oils. Otherwise, no. It's still great for cooking though.
If you want to reduce the mosquito population around your home or garden then put up some Bat Houses. Then your mosquito population will likely go down. A single adult brown Bat can eat over 1,000 mosquitoes in a single hour if the area of the Bat’s Night time Flight Patterns supports a large mosquito population. U of Michigan Biologists studied Bat and mosquitoes in Wisconsin and did conclude that contrary to other published findings that Bats could and did significantly eat large numbers of mosquitoes in a single night. Mosquitos fly without taking any “evasive flight patterns” making them relatively easy prey for an adult nursing mother bat who could consume her own body weight in mosquitoes (and other insects of course) in a single night. Purple Martins eat plenty insects but at the height Martins fly mosquitoes are usually not found at those altitudes so they are good at reducing other insect populations but not very effective with mosquitoes. So forget plants and if you have a really bad mosquito problem and do not want to resort to chemicals (which could endanger populations of beneficial pollinators) then buy or build and put up a bat house or two (even a rather small bat house can hold 200 adult bats) and then you might also have a free source of guano for use as a fertilizer for your gardening.
I’ve had some really BAD experiences with bats and they top my list of things that scare the heck out of me. 🌷💚🙃
@@judymckerrow6720 I think they are pretty neat critters. Lots of interesting biology. Many species of fruits and flowers depend upon bats for their very existence. I’m some areas where bats have been in decline due to human activity and disease (yes there have been bat pandemics that have wiped out millions of bats) many species of exotic flowers and plants have gone extinct because they relied upon the bats for their existence. I had a Bat House up until Hurricane Ida blew through here two years ago I’m likely going to put up a new one now that I rebuilt the house I live in. But that’s a different story altogether…..
That’s an actual solution👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love bats! I intend to put up a bat house this year. At our old house we used to sit on the lawn and watch them drop out of the eaves of the barn like the Viper fighters in Battlestar Galactica. 🤣
@@DDGLJ hey good analogy and I never connected them to Colonial Vipers 😉 I was watching a professional bat expert remove some bats from a house to relocate and it was really simple to do and without really causing any stress to the bats. Bats have to fall before their wings can “catch air” to enable flight. Very impressive flying skills and with echolocation they are amazing to watch. It’s a shame that they get such a bad and very undeserved reputation.
Finally, the video that I was looking for!
Thank you Mr. P. 🌷💚🙃
agree. i live in a country where mosquitos present al the time. i tried many plants to repel but none worked. smoke repel mosquitos so i use dried neem leaves to create smoke. but not good for your lungs.
Well I sure appreciate the lesson. This year we've had lots of rain and we're seeing a bumper crop of mosquitoes.
Thank you for the facts!🙂🙏🏾
I have always heard that pines repel mosquitoes... meanwhile pine forests where I stay have almost double the mosquitoes due to the humidity and shelter they provide
I don't know man some of those natural essential oil based insect repellents really do seem to work very well. I can only imagine that having those essential oils from the plants themselves
Setup things that attract them away from your location.
Lemongrass keep mosquitoes out. They can’t hide in it because it’s have tiny stickers that they can’t stay
I had a buddy in Florida. He had a lawn of lemon grass. Never cut it. His house was the mosquito hotspot in the neighborhood because I guess most other people spray their lawns.
You’re real for this video
Thank you
Idk about the plant itself but what about if you burn them to create smoke like black sage, neem,lemon grass?
I’ve tried everything from personal sprays to plants and zappers.
I am the one person in a large group who gets all the mosquitos. I get bit bad even wearing long everything, and have a worse reaction to most people. One time my entire back was covered in bites ( wore a tshirt) the itching was insane. My friends could see the welts through my tshirt. Calamine lotion didn’t help. Doc said I have a mosquito bite allergy.
Fast forward a few decades, I guess my doc was sick of my mosquito bite visits that he ordered a blood test. Well, it’s no wonder nothing works for me, I have 3 genes that make me so attractive to mosquitos. Which is one gene that most people don’t have.
The only thing that helps me is not going outside or, wearing thick layers of clothing and covered head to toe in the summer, and keeping doors closed.
Oh my goodness this is ME!!!!
Try increasing your blood alcohol content? I hear drinking a bear or two helps.
@@omahanprabla3058 A drink or two doesn’t work, I have to be plastered, but cant stay drunk all the time lol As I’m typing this, I have a mosquito bit ton my thumb, and it’s the width of my thumb.
Good info. Tell us your thoughts on Bats and Purple Martin for mosquitoe control.
www.gardenmyths.com/myth-bats-eat-mosquitoes/
Have you looked into the guidelines put out by Bat Conservation International? From the research they've done, bat houses are only useful if they're built to spec (the decorative ones sold at your nearby garden center probably aren't), and positioned correctly, and even then they're not at the top of the list of methods to provide good bat habitat. They mention that giant tower in Florida as a perfect example of somebody not doing any research into what bats actually want.
so what is the best mosquito repelling plant? did he tell..
👍👍👍Thanks
When I was on the Army, people kept saying eating match heads will make the mosquitos not like you. Something about the sulfur maybe?
I've drank plenty of well water... That didn't make a difference in bug bites but damn my farts smelled like hell.
@@TheFXofNewton I don't know about water that stinks of sulfur. Your well water smelt like sulfur? That would suck.
Attract dragonflies to decimate mosquitos.
smoking cigars keeps the bugs away🦟
Please get a better camera.
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No one wanted to hear that hard truth 😢
its a scam.
Dang this video is like truth 101, I don’t want to believe it but facts are facts and thank you sir for being honest with us~ 🩷
I think the best way to keep them away is hit them hard at the younger stage. Mosquito that bite are the females one and they lay eggs in nearby water source. Need to have predators in the water to eat the eggs and larvae.
Completely agree. Plants in a garden do not, but I have had great success making a decoction from the beautyberry leaves and spraying it on the skin. My kids are very sensitive to insect bites, but the beautyberry spray keeps the bugs off.
Additionally, I have had great success reducing the mosquito population by putting in a fish pond. I never feed my fish, but let them forage for their own insect feed.
Yes, the last place for plants is in a garden.
What about mosquito drops? They're supposed to put a film on the top of water which stops larvae from breathing. They sell them for bromeliads etc.
Should work tbh. but im sure they can live in no oxygen since they lay the eggs in still water. which has no agitation for oxygen exchange. They must have a special organ helping.
@@joesfreshaquatics6488 the drops say the film they create prevents the breathing tube getting to the surface. I can't determine it as I don't seem to have any mosquitos in my bromeliads anywhere, at least visible
@@Peleski ahhh yeah I did research and that special organ is a breathing tube coming straight out of there body lol. But the drops do work I seen videos.
I watched video you referred. That guy doesn’t say anything about using those 4 flowers to repel mosquitoes. He is talking about other bugs.
That's funny. I planted a few small flowers that have repelled insects of all kinds without issue for years. This guy is full of ...
What about mosquito dunks?
Thank you; was just set to plop down hard-earned cash on the blood suckers. Glad to know the truth.
Hummingbirds eat mosquitoes. also putting bt in a water source works well.
What’s bt?
Excellent information. Thank you for sharing.
Encouraging things which eat mosquitos would seem to be the better plan. Lots of bird/bat boxes, and making a wildlife pond. Plus, these will help with many other garden pests, not just mosquitos. Even then, you'll just have fewer mosquitos, not eradicate them.
www.gardenmyths.com/myth-bats-eat-mosquitoes/
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Not looked at this yet, but going to assume it's to do with when they are actively flying.
Hmm, I still stand by me first comment after reading that. I have no delusions of bats magically eating them all, or even a sizeable percentage. More a way of thinning the numbers a little, alongside other predators. I'm in the north-west of Ireland, so thankfully mosquitos aren't anywhere near the issue they are for a lot of people.
It makes sense that bats would go for something more worthwhile. They are putting a lot of energy into flying, and a larger moth is a better pay off. But even if they make up a small percentage of a bat's diet, it's still worth making a few bat boxes from scrap wood. They also take very little effort/cost on the part of the gardener to make/install/maintain.
I think the problems start when gardeners look about for a silver bullet, which doesn't really exist. So the fact bats will take a few opportunistically, gets turned into "bats eat mosquitos". Like it's their preferred prey, or something.
I had a big ant bed appear in one of my raised beds so I looked up if there were any plants that repel ants. One listed was thyme. The ant bed was directly in one of my thyme plants. So much for that. :)
Lol the video mentioned is the first one recommended by YT in the sidebar on this very video
I wished i would have watched this before wasting my money on lavender and fake citronella plants.
You are so true about this, NOTHING works but the try to sell consumer things and it’s all a lie
This is partially true.
Works in my yard and deck.
Thank you !
Citronella oil lamps, candles and incense seem to work if placed strategically. I think some of the claims for certain plants are not about the scent but they will attract mosquito-eating insects. No idea if that works but it’d be nice to see a controlled experiment. Thanks for the video.
citronella candles don't work any better than normal candles.
www.gardenmyths.com/citronella-plant-keeps-mosquitoes-away/
I've heard that some plants will attract dragonflies, who eat a ton of mosquitoes, but I don't know if that even makes any sense because dragonflies are predators not (afaik) pollinators.
I like your Channel. But don't like you putting down other people's channel when that's not what he Was is talking about? I think there's room for everybody's opinions. You have to do What works for you? I'm gonna have to rethink listening to this channel..
Nepetalactone derived from catnip works 4x better than DEET in studies, it activates irritant receptors in mosquitoes cuz you're correct they do not smell like we do! Cheers