So, you’re in your kitchen, busy preparing some food and out the corner of your eye, you notice a cockroach running across the kitchen counter. Or worse, this happens when you have a house guest present.
One of the main reasons why people despise cockroaches is because they’re often associated with dirty homes. Although an untidy home can easily attract roaches, there are other factors, such as easy entry points, that allow roaches entries into your home.
If you’ve noticed some cockroaches running around your house, it’s time to act fast and sometimes the best remedies may just be an arm’s length away.
1. Lemon
You may already be aware of the fact that some of the best cleaning agents have a degree of lemon in them. This is because lemon is an amazing cleaning agent that can cut through some of the toughest stains.
Besides helping to keep your home looking and smelling fresh, lemon is also a great cockroach repellent. Lemon, as well as other citrus fruits, have anti-pathogenic properties that help to repel insects from your home.
An easy way to use this is by squeezing some lemon juice into a spray bottle and them spraying the juice at crevices, holes, doorways, and any other entry points that roaches can easily use as access to your home.
2. Sugar and Baking Soda Mixture
Mix equal portions of sugar and baking soda for this mixture. The baking soda will mix with the cockroaches’ stomach acid and eventually kill them.
Now, of course, sugar isn’t a deadly ingredient. The reason why you’ll add sugar to the mixture is to help attract the roaches.
For this remedy to work, you’ll need to know the exact areas the roaches are. So, after a thorough investigation in and around your kitchen, ensure that you sprinkle this mixture by the roaches’ entry points to ensure that they will eat it. You can re-sprinkle a few times to ensure that you get rid of a lot of the roaches.
3. Peppermint Oil and Water Mixture
A peppermint oil mixture is a great and effective option, especially if you have kids in your home because peppermint oil is non-toxic.
To use this mixture for cockroaches, mix 10 ounces of water with 15 drops of peppermint oil in a spray bottle. Thoroughly shake the bottle before proceeding to spray the mixture directly on cockroach-infested areas. You can repeat as necessary.
4. Onion, Garlic, and Pepper Mixture
This mixture works because the pepper will help to repel cockroaches, while the smell of onion and garlic will help to get rid of the roaches that are in your home.
Take half an onion and half a garlic clove and blend until it becomes a paste. Add a spoon of pepper powder. Once your paste is thoroughly mixed, take a litre of water, add this paste, and mix thoroughly. This mixture can then be sprinkled on cockroach-infested areas. The ideal time to do this is at night as this is when they’re likely to come out on a hunt for food.
Will This Fix Your Roach Infestation?
While these home remedies can help to reduce the number of roaches in your home, it can be difficult to completely get rid of these pests. The main problem with cockroaches is that they lay a lot of eggs and a sighting of just one means that there are plenty of others in your home.
Natural home remedies help to reduce but not to get rid of the whole lot of them because often times, it can be difficult to reach the awkward spots that they manage to hide in. For this reason, it is best to contact a skilled cockroach control Cambridge professional to help you get rid of these pests quickly and efficiently.