Shirley Bovsow is back and giving you some tips on how to control mosquito season as the weather starts getting warmer. If you want to keep mosquitos out of your backyard, start planting rosemary, lemon-scented geraniums, marigolds, catnip, lavender, basil, lemon balm and peppermint.
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Nice video. Mosquito's are a horrible insect and can really make outdoor living unbearable.
Marty Ware (Australian Micro Farmer)
She's so cool but Wow she reminds me of Stiffler's mom!!
nice
Please tell me how those grow well together in the some pot. Aren't there different soil requirements for the rosemary and lavender for example?
I always seem to have an attack of ants every time I plant mint. I use a ant repellent on the mint, I am not into eating ants thanks and it seems that my mint are dying. How do you keep out ants and get the mint to grow, (I have the mint in clay containers not in the sun).
She says they like dark colors..!? No they are attracted the whites and brights that's a damn lie.
Rosemary 2:55
Mexican marigold 3:08
Lemon geranium 3:26
Marigolds 3:47
Catnip 3:51
Basil 4:14
Ardemesia(?) 4:21
Lemon mint 4:31
Lemon thyme 4:32
Lavender 4:42
Lemon balm/peppermint 4:43
So many people talk about "Natural" plant-based chemicals and say that they are safe to put on human skin. That is not always the case. Many chemicals that are produced by plants are harmful to humans. Just because a chemical is produced by nature doesn't always mean it's safe for human consumption. The skin being the largest organ in the human body can absorb chemicals directly through the skin cells and get those chemicals into the bloodstream. The human lungs have the surface area of a basketball court and can quickly intake chemicals into the bloodstream in a matter of seconds. So while plant-based chemicals can repel mosquitoes I would be careful breathing these chemicals and or rubbing them on the skin. Many people are allergic to certain chemicals so be careful.
Now with that said I'm looking for some mosquito insecticide that I can spray with a Ryobi One + ULV fogger and that has a plant-based chemical that will repel mosquitoes. It must be water based and the viscosity of water to work in this cold ULV type Ryobi fogger.
What size container is that?
The moans and groans they make after sniffing each plant is good comedy 🙂
Do any of these repel bees?
Lemon
Enough plants for three or four big planters. Looks great. 🇨🇦
Are we planting them in the containers as it was shown? Or???
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