tomatoes
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Post by tomatoes on Mar 5, 2018 6:39:57 GMT 10
In our old house we had pretty much no cockroaches. Perhaps because we had so many spiders? But in this house although we have baits around, we get cockroaches. If I do sprouts on the kitchen bench will that just attract the cockies? I don’t want a cockie crawling all over them! Any food safe suggestions for keeping them away?
Any diy/natural cockroach controls for other areas of the house?
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Post by Beno on Mar 5, 2018 15:49:05 GMT 10
Lube up the inside of an old jar with vaseline and drop in a piece of tomato (patent pending).
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Post by Peter on Mar 5, 2018 16:26:17 GMT 10
A good cat seems to do the trick...
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Post by spinifex on Mar 5, 2018 18:59:24 GMT 10
Might have to do some recon and try and work out where the invaders are originating and attack them at the source. sometimes compost heaps can be roach incubators.
If you want a roach proof exclosure to grow the sprouts in you can get some cheap clear plastic luchboxes (or similar) cut a big rectangle out of lid, cut a piece of flywire a bit bigger than the opening, then use an iron and some baking paper to melt the wire into the plastic. We used to use such contraptions as cages to breed crickets for bait and pet food.
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Post by Joey on Mar 6, 2018 17:30:10 GMT 10
How much does a pest control cost these days? I used to live in the really old house which had the bathroom drain pipes open to the crawl space underneath it and had cockroach galore. I complained to the real estate and they had the pest guy come and squirt this gel type stuff in the cupboards etc and little drops here and there which the cockies would eat and go back to their nest or whatever and die and spread the poison to the others.
Have you tried some of that outdoor insect surface spray that comes in a 2L spray pack and is supposed to last a few months?
As far as a "natural" cockroach deterrant, Wiki says
catnip repels ants, flea beetles, aphids, the Japanese beetle, squash bugs, weevils,[2] the Colorado potato beetle, the cabbage looper,[3] and cockroaches.[4] May attract cats.
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Post by tomatoes on Mar 6, 2018 18:59:06 GMT 10
Thanks for the suggestions.
Just realised that apart from mentioning sprouting I didn’t really explain why I was discussing pest control in a prep forum. Probably obvious to most, but pest control is something I’d like to have approaches for without visiting a store for chemicals, assuming they may not be easily available at some time. I figure best to try things now so I know what works.
I might have to try the tomato in the Vaseline jar! Simple enough to try.
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Post by Beno on Mar 6, 2018 20:00:33 GMT 10
my old man added to the jar a splash of wine at times as well. one jar we had developed a soil layer of dead roaches. This was in Brisbane and it worked a treat.
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Post by jonasparker on Mar 7, 2018 2:19:02 GMT 10
We have a similar problem with cockroaches in Washington DC. I don't think ours would fit in a glass jar though...
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Post by Beno on Mar 7, 2018 15:39:39 GMT 10
swamp cockroaches? i thought they would have been drained away already.
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 7, 2018 22:32:18 GMT 10
Size 10 Blundstones??
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Post by spinifex on Mar 8, 2018 19:30:31 GMT 10
For general garden pest control (chemical free) I have had good results from using yellow plastic containers with canola oil about 10mm deep in the bottom. The yellow attracts quite a few pests and the oil traps them. Have even burried containers so just 5mm sticking above ground and caught heaps of vegetable weevils. (nocturnal beetle that ravages brocolli and other brassica crops). Wettable sulphur repels a lot of pests too and is the premier defence against powdery mildew on many crops (except cucs and melons) and russet mites on tomatoes and caps.
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