Lavender as fly-repellanet: mini review

[manveruppd]

Following a previous thread where helpful forum members suggested several alternatives for insecticide-free fly repellent, here is my mini review of the first one I tried, lavender:


Doesn't work.



Next up, mint!

 

[VaderDSL]

Try Citronella candles

 

[mac1st3]

Try Citronella candles

i've had some that work fantastically, and others that do bugger all, and have seen flies etc landing ON the candle :S

 

[manveruppd]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add those to my mini-review queue!

EDIT: I'm starting to realise this is gonna get expensive!

 

[VaderDSL]

i've had some that work fantastically, and others that do bugger all, and have seen flies etc landing ON the candle :S

Aye same here actually, I wonder where or what types of candle are best. Must be a reason some work and others don't

 

[SkeeterUK]

What method of lavender did you try. Im not sure air freshener that is lavender will work or candles but a plant might.

 

[JAMAL]

Citronella is great, you find it in most horse fly sprays to keep the buggers of them!

 

[Trifid]

Thread got a Lol.

In all seriousness, I am not looking forward to the onslaught of flies and having to go hunting for them before bed every night.

So far this year; 2 dead, 1 missing in action.

 

[starfighter]

If i am outside having a smoke they usually go away when i blow some at them.

Start smoking.

 

[mac1st3]

What method of lavender did you try. Im not sure air freshener that is lavender will work or candles but a plant might.

the flower wont work, as they attract flies to help pollonation

 

[manveruppd]

I AM using air freshener, as a matter of fact. Two of them, for a fairly small room, and there's still flies coming in as soon as I open the window!

To be fair, there would usually be a lot more of them in here, so I think the lavender must be doing somehting. The ones that are in here are also smaller than usual (although that might have something to do with the recent rainstorms?) and seem a bit slow and sleepy rather than buzzing around as energetically as normal. They also stay in the half of the room closest to the window rather than flying all the way in as they normally do, and I assume that must have something to do with the air freshenersbeing in the middle of the room. But to stop them flying in completely I'd need to completely saturate the room in lavender smell and that's impossible however many air fresheners I use because I have the window open!

 

[Firegod]

Best thing I've found, is to make some small fly screens. I've seen one's for doors that have an adhesive strip along the top, that the screen sticks to and then hangs down, you could easily chop that shorter to make it go in front of a window. Best way to stop flies getting in.