Plants that repel ticks in the country, and other folk remedies

Settlement in a country house among the grass and trees of blood-sucking arthropods does not belong to a pleasant neighborhood, because these parasites are able not only to bite people, but also transmit infections (encephalitis or borreliosis) Therefore, folk remedies for ticks on the site can be the safest and most non-chemical way to protect against such pests.

How to detect ticks on the site

In order to make sure that “bloodsuckers” appeared on the garden plot or cottage, you need to sit down and carefully examine the soil, grass and shrubs. These arachnids have a fairly small size (1-4 mm), however, it is possible to notice them with the naked eye.

If visually ticks If you don’t notice it, then you can conduct a small experiment with a piece of white cloth 40-100 cm in size. It should be tied to a long stick and walk around the site in the morning, drawing such a “flag” along the growing grass. For the manufacture of the “white flag” it is recommended to take fabrics with a rough surface or a waffle towel, then the parasites will cling to it faster with their paws. If there are ticks on the site, then they will certainly catch on the fabric, which will be clearly visible on a snow-white surface.

Important!

The use of strong insecticidal and acaricidal drugs at the summer cottage, it causes severe damage to plantings, animals and people - toxic substances penetrate into the stems, leaves and fruits, which become unfit for food. Poison with food can enter the body of animals and people, which is dangerous for health, so not everyone is ready to site processing acaricides.

Now you should think about how to scare away ticks from a summer cottage without using strong chemicals. The easiest way is to plant various odorous plants and flowers on the tick site.

Fight preparation

To begin with, you should carry out cleaning on the site, because excess vegetation especially attracts arachnids and insects.

The following activities are recommended:

• remove garbage and unnecessary things from the territory;
• trim the lawn, weed, remove last year’s foliage, because tall grass and leaves help ticks to hide well;
• trim tree branches to a height of about 50-60 cm from the ground, clear shrubs by removing old branches;
• declare a “war” on rodents (mice, etc.), which may be carriers of infections, - put poison into set traps;
• put a fence that will block access to homeless cats and dogs, forest hedgehogs, i.e., animals that transmit the infection.

Now you should use protective equipment to scare off the parasites from the site. The choice is best made on the basis of data which plants do not like ticks.

Folk remedies

The main advantage of using folk methods is their safety for people living on the site, pets and fruit trees, and plantings.

Non-chemical methods of combating ticks include:

• manual collection using the “white flag” described above — to carry out such a tissue every morning on the surface of grass and branches, collecting them and destroying them later — this will help reduce the number of parasites;
• planting along the perimeter of the territory of plants against ticks - calendula, black borealis (marigolds), peppermint, ledum, Dalmatian or Caucasian chamomile (feverfew), etc.

Solutions and decoctions that can be used by spraying on the territory of the garden plot:

• an aqueous solution with the addition of citrus fruit juice (lemon, orange, etc.);
• prepare an infusion of herbs with a pungent smell (wormwood, geranium, Persian chamomile, sage), you can add drops of odorous essential oils (mint, rosemary, etc.) or chopped cloves of garlic;
• parasites do not tolerate certain substances - baking soda or boric acid powder, which can be scattered in their places of residence - this will help scare off the parasites.

Folk personal protective equipment

Many residents of summer cottages, especially those located near forest plantations, use individual methods of protection - applying non-chemical natural substances to clothing or skin or their solution, which are prepared from plants that repel ticks.

The following substances can be used.

• essential oils (citronella, fir oil, etc.);
• sprinkling clothes with ant alcohol (one of the ancient methods of protecting experienced taiga tourists) is also a good remedy for “bloodsuckers”;
• drawing on the skin of a Vietnamese balm Asterisk from ticks.

Tick ​​tar and other substances

Since ancient times, birch tar has been used to combat harmful arachnids. This substance is obtained from birch bark by distillation at high temperature. In the process of oxidation of the substances contained in the cortex (volatile, cresol, etc.), their effectiveness is almost doubled.

The main advantage of tar, which helps to scare away ticks, is its sharp unpleasant odor. The preparation of a solution based on tar with the addition of essential oils will help protect the site from pests. The solution is used as a natural repellent that can be applied to clothing and hair of pets to repel blood-sucking insects and arthropods.

On a note!

Many are interested in whether tar helps get rid of the parasites living in the apartment. Its frightening pungent odor will scare away insects and ticks, but for a person it will be too unpleasant. Therefore, tar is not suitable for indoor use.

Protection of plants on the site from ticks

In addition to the types of parasites that can bite a person or animals, there are many varieties of ticks - pests of garden and garden crops (spider mites and etc.).

To protect the landings, folk methods are used:

• knowing which plants scare away ticks in the country: cyclamen, calendula, marigolds, they should be planted around trees and around the perimeter of the garden;
• apply a solution of kerosene from ticks, which is prepared according to a prescription of 2-3 ml of liquid in a bucket of water with the addition of laundry soap (30-40 g) - for processing and spraying plants;
• to plant a chamomile from ticks, black and red elderberry around berry bushes.

The use of folk methods to scare away ticks from the garden site will help protect all living people, as well as pets and cultivated plants. Moreover, without the use of chemicals and the use of insecticides harmful to human health.

As testimonials of summer residents and gardeners testify, many of them try not to use chemicals on their site and prefer folk remedies.

Feedback

In the country at all I try not to use chemicals.Therefore, to protect against "bloodsuckers" I use only folk methods: I plant odorous plants, treat my clothes with a solution of citrus and essential oils. Already not one year tick bites I don’t see for myself, so the funds are successful.

Veronica, Moscow Region