kage69
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Maine is nothing but thick forests and water, so we tend to have some pretty crazy springs as far as bugs go... the black flies in particular can be hellish, even worse than the mosquitoes.
I've tried a variety of methods to keep all things flying and biting away from my house and surrounding areas. Zappers, foggers, sticky traps, pesticides, ultra sonic noise makers, etc etc...
I feel like I finally found the ticket the other summer, and plan to keep it up. It's called Mosquito Barrier , http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/ Great stuff! One gallon has lasted me 3 summers!
Basically it's a species of super potent garlic in concentrated liquid form. You mix it with some dish detergent and veggie oil, then add that to a gallon of water and spray it wherever you don't want bugs. Stuff is amazing, it drives away all the stuff with wings that I hate, even ticks, rabbits, deer, carpenter ants... Need to reapply after a couple of hard rains, but if it stays dry out it's staying power is impressive.
Non toxic, won't harm plants or animals, or the water table. Everything smells like garlic for an hour or so after application, but then it wears off to the human nose. To mosquitoes it's like mustard gas. I usually dose my barn, inside and out, then spray a wide line around the whole property making sure to get bushes and trees as well.
I use this stuff in conjunction with diatomaceous earth and simple sticky fly traps. Cheap, non toxic and effective. To be fair, if I'm going to be outside working on things for awhile, I still put some repellant on my arms, neck and head. Herbal Armor from All Terrain is a great product in the form of a cream, which can also be had with sunblock in it. Good stuff that doesn't make you stink like a chemical plant or load you up with DEET.
Just my experience...
I've tried a variety of methods to keep all things flying and biting away from my house and surrounding areas. Zappers, foggers, sticky traps, pesticides, ultra sonic noise makers, etc etc...
I feel like I finally found the ticket the other summer, and plan to keep it up. It's called Mosquito Barrier , http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/ Great stuff! One gallon has lasted me 3 summers!
Basically it's a species of super potent garlic in concentrated liquid form. You mix it with some dish detergent and veggie oil, then add that to a gallon of water and spray it wherever you don't want bugs. Stuff is amazing, it drives away all the stuff with wings that I hate, even ticks, rabbits, deer, carpenter ants... Need to reapply after a couple of hard rains, but if it stays dry out it's staying power is impressive.
Non toxic, won't harm plants or animals, or the water table. Everything smells like garlic for an hour or so after application, but then it wears off to the human nose. To mosquitoes it's like mustard gas. I usually dose my barn, inside and out, then spray a wide line around the whole property making sure to get bushes and trees as well.
I use this stuff in conjunction with diatomaceous earth and simple sticky fly traps. Cheap, non toxic and effective. To be fair, if I'm going to be outside working on things for awhile, I still put some repellant on my arms, neck and head. Herbal Armor from All Terrain is a great product in the form of a cream, which can also be had with sunblock in it. Good stuff that doesn't make you stink like a chemical plant or load you up with DEET.
Just my experience...