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peppermint oil
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peppermint
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If you are looking for a safe, natural way to repel pests in your home, try
peppermint oil. This pure essential oil is safe enough to use in food but
its strong, clear smell deters many household pests.
Here are some ways that our customers have used peppermint oil for pest
control:
- Peppermint Spray - Fill a quart size spray bottle with water. Add 10 -15 drops of peppermint oil and shake well. This peppermint spray can be used to deter the following pests:.
- Ants - Identify where the ants are coming in. Kill the ants coming in by vaccuming. After you have removed as many ants as possible, clean the area and spray with peppermint spray. The strong smell creates an area that ants won't cross.
- Aphids and plant lice - Spray the leaves of the plant to drive away the pests.
- Customers have also reported that this spray is effective against beetles, catepillars, fleas, spiders, and flies.
- To repel mice and moths - Put a small amount of peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place cotton balls in areas that attract mice or moths.
- For gophers and moles, mix a tablespoon of peppermint oil in a quart of water and then pour or spray into holes.
- A few drops of peppermint oil applied to the hems of curtains that waft in the breezecan be effective in deterring a wide variety of spiders and insects.
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