Do you struggle with mosquitoes, moths and ants at home?
Six plants will help you get the insect plague under control in summer.
Summer brings annoying insects with it every year.
However, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money on chemical agents every year.
Here are
six plants
that not only look and taste great, but also protect your home from the insect pest.
Fight mosquitoes, flies & Co.: These six plants help
lavender
basil
mint
Savory
sage
Marigold
Lavender keeps mosquitoes, flies and moths at bay
Lavender is
an absolute miracle flower not only effective for falling asleep quickly or for calming down.
Above all, their intense smell repels even the most annoying insects of summer, such as
mosquitoes *
, flies and moths
, but also
bugs and fleas
.
It is therefore worthwhile to put the plant in the apartment, on the window sill or on the balcony to keep the unpleasant bugs away from you and your home.
Secret weapon against flies and mosquitoes: the basil
But not only lavender has a superpower,
basil
can also do more than just taste delicious as pesto on pasta.
Just as well as lavender, it drives
mosquitos
out of the apartment and keeps
flies
away from the kitchen.
Basil blooms from June to September, with pretty white flowers, and will last longest when freshly planted.
Fighting insects: Mint drives ants away
Mint
not only helps with a cold, the plant itself holds
ants
with its refreshing scent
away from you and the neighboring plants.
Mice and rats in particular hardly like the smell of mint.
It is only important to plant the mint in pots, otherwise there is a risk that it will overgrow the entire garden.
Also interesting
: flies in the apartment?
With these home remedies you can scare away the pests.
Savory against pests - this is how it works
Savory
effectively keeps
aphids
away from neighboring plants by placing them next to threatened plants at regular intervals.
Fighting insect pests: pests don't like sage
From
Sage
not only a healing tea can be produced, but his scent work aggressively to various pests - such as
caterpillars, slugs, aphids and cabbage butterflies
.
The thujone contained in the sage creates the menthol-like odor, which the plant pests avoid.
Use marigolds against mosquitoes
The
marigold
can not only look good, it also drives away
mosquitoes
.
The flowers can also be used externally, for example for skin inflammation, bruises, boils or rashes.
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