Keep flies away with these natural "tricks" (and without using toxic pesticides)

Discover the most effective tricks and natural remedies to keep flies away, which at certain times of the year can be quite annoying

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Discover the most effective tricks and natural remedies to keep flies away

If flies are a huge nuisance to you, then first abolish the classics spray insecticides, especially dangerous if children live with you, and try to replace them with natural remedies which with their effectiveness will amaze you. It may be enough, for example, to have one on hand basil seedling or the 'essential oil of eucalyptus.

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Macerated with vinegar and mint

Leave some fresh mint leaves in a jar with vinegar for a week. Dilute the solution thus obtained in water and use it to spray it in the rooms in order to spread a perfume not loved by flies.

Eucalyptus essential oil

To put this remedy into practice you will need to have a essence burner and eucalyptus essential oil, whose scent, very good for us but unwelcome to insects, will help you to keep both flies and mosquitoes away. Add five drops of eucalyptus essential oil diluted in three or four tablespoons of water to the bowl of your essence burner and use it in the hours when flies are most present, for example in the evening before going to sleep.

pepper

Apparently the flies they don't like the smell of pepper very much and therefore prefer to stay away from it. It could therefore be useful place on the windowsills or in the places most affected by their presence, small bowls filled with black peppercorns. Another useful measure could be to place a potted pepper plant near the window.

Lemon and cloves

The smell of cloves is also badly tolerated by flies, especially if accompanied by the scent of lemon. Therefore, place in the room of the house that you use the most, of the bowls with lemon wedges, in whose peel you will insert some cloves.

Transparent bag

It is believed that the flies get scared and move away in the see your own reflection. It would therefore be advisable to try to hang transparent plastic bags near the doors or windows to be filled with water. A similar remedy can be implemented using plastic bottles. There are those who argue that adding a dime to the bag or bottle can help.

Basil

Basil stands out among the plants considered capable of repelling flies. Try to keep a vase on the windowsill from which it insects they prefer to enter. Usually this is the kitchen window, both because it is kept open more often in the summer, and because the flies can be attracted by food smellsthe. However, they hate the scent of basil, which they would prefer to stay away from. In this way you will always have fresh leaves available to prepare an excellent pesto or other condiments.

Homemade insecticide

If you really can't help but act drastically against flies, try replacing the common insecticide sprays with a solution of water and liquid soap or dish soap. Dilute a tablespoon of detergent in half a liter of water and spray only when extremely necessary.

Trap for flies

Another remedy to be carried out in extreme cases, especially if insecticides have been used routinely up to now, is to prepare a fly trap by filling a glass jar for half with apple cider vinegar and adding a quarter of liquid soap and water until filling. Flies should be attracted to the smell of the vinegar and become trapped.

Pot pourri

Prepare some bowls to fill with potpourri made using dried lavender flowers and black peppercorns. Perfume it by adding ten drops of essential oil of eucalyptus and ten drops of lemongrass essential oil. Mix everything with a wooden stick

DIY fly paper

It is a suitable remedy for those who want to replace the common fly paper, impregnated with chemical substance which could be dangerous especially in the presence of children. It can be achieved by brushing paper strips with a mixture of water, sugar and apple cider vinegar.

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