How to effectively get rid of flies and midges?
March 22nd at 9:39pm
Flies and midges can colonise every room in the house: they land on food in the kitchen, bother sleepers and hover around dishes during meals. As soon as the warm weather returns, they make their appearance!
Fortunately, there are several solutions, tricks and grandmotherly ideas to get rid of them effectively without chemicals.
How to get rid of flies with cloves
Flies and gnats do not like the smell of cloves: this is a piece of information that should not be taken lightly! Now is the time to use several natural clove tips to get rid of these unwanted guests attracted by food and bad smells.
To keep flies away, you can, for example, place a base of white vinegar with a few cloves in a bowl on the windowsill. The flies will be disgusted by the smell and will not want to enter your home! You can also chase away flies and gnats by cutting a lemon in half and sticking about ten cloves into each half. Then place the lemon halves in strategic locations.
At the same time, boil some garlic cloves and place them next to the lemon halves. Flies don't like garlic either.
How to get rid of flies and gnats with white vinegar?
White vinegar has a characteristic smell, which flies and gnats do not like at all.
All you have to do is spray vinegar around your doors and windows. The flies will realise that the smell is coming from inside your house and will not want to enter your home. In addition, you can use it to clean some of your surfaces, as white vinegar is a very effective stain remover on many types of floors.
How to get rid of flies with essential oils?
Essential oils have incredible effectiveness in getting rid of flies and midges. For example, peppermint essential oil repels flies, as these little insects hate the smell of mint. There is also lavender essential oil, which acts as a repellent.
Prepare a solution of half a litre of water, ¼ litre of white vinegar and 10 drops of lavender essential oil. Then pour this mixture into a spray bottle and apply it several times a day to all your surfaces and plant leaves. You can also use geranium essential oil by diluting 8 drops in 100 ml of water. The mixture should then be sprayed in the same way as the lavender essential oil. You can also fill small pieces of sponge with citronella or tea tree essential oil and then scatter them around the house.
How to use black soap to get rid of flies?
To get rid of midges and flies that move in on the leaves of your houseplants, you can spray a solution prepared with black soap. To do this, dilute a large spoonful of black soap in 1 litre of warm water. Then add a teaspoon of baking soda. Mix well, put everything in the spray bottle and spray your plants.
Another amazing tip is to fill a clear bag or plastic bottle with water and hang it outside the front door of your home. As flies have very poor eyesight, they will mistake it for a spider's web and turn around instantly!
