Cockroach bay leaf is a folk remedy that helps to drive insects out of the room. The plant in any form has a persistent aroma. When boiling just one leaf a characteristic aroma fills the whole house. Lavrushka is the main spice for the first, second courses, medicine and folk remedy for insects in the house.
The action of bay leaf on cockroaches
There are no insecticidal substances in the leaves, so the plant cannot kill the cockroach. The main action is aimed at repelling pests. Lavrushka acts as a repellent. Persistent aroma indoors persists for a long time, therefore cockroaches they feel it well.
On a note!
Since insects are oriented in space due to their sharp scent, the presence of an extraneous smell disrupts their normal life rhythm. Constant discomfort and inability to find food makes cockroaches flee, populate more favorable places.
Instructions for use
You can use bay leaf to expel cockroaches in various ways.
Unfolding fresh, dry leaves
Extraneous odor affects the normal functioning of insects, so they are laid out in places where are the cockroaches more often. Lavrushka is left on the windowsills, in the corners of the room, along the baseboards, behind furniture, a refrigerator, and food lockers. Persistent aroma lasts a maximum of a week, so the protection must be constantly updated.
Burning and fumigating a room
The procedure is recommended in the evening, when cockroaches activate their vital functions. They take a sprig of dry potion or put leaflets in a clay container, set fire to it, leave it in the infected room, and close the doors tightly.
On a note!
The method is good in that it combines several deterrent components. Cockroaches are afraid of bay leaf and smoke. Repeat the fumigation of the room every evening until the Prusaks completely disappear.
Decoction
Against cockroaches, fresh broth helps well. In the evening, put a saucepan on the stove, fill it with bay leaves, fill it with water. Boil over low heat for about an hour. A persistent smell fills all rooms, climbs into crevices, inaccessible places. If you leave the broth to cool in the kitchen, not a single prusak won't crawl out of the shelter.
Infusion and alcohol tincture
Fighting with bay leaf can be done with tincture. Pour raw materials with water, boil for 20 minutes, leave to cool under a closed lid. Wipe the floor with furniture. The tincture is prepared with alcohol or high-quality vodka. Dry leaves are poured with alcohol, left to infuse in a dark place for 20 days. Used to wipe furniture, shelves of the refrigerator. Protection lasts as long as odor is present.
Combination with other plants
Peppermint, garlic, chamomile, wormwood, tansy, lavender helps from cockroaches. You can form bouquets of several plants to increase the effectiveness of folk remedies. Often used essential oils of these herbs.
Precautionary measures
Inhaling the aroma of bay leaf is not dangerous for humans, pets, but with the frequent presence of a persistent smell, discomfort occurs, irritability, headache may appear. There are no contraindications as such, but each organism is individual. With intolerance, any aroma can cause a deterioration in well-being.
Efficiency
It is quite difficult to drive cockroaches out of the room with bay leaf. Folk remedies with repelling properties do not have high efficiency, are often useless. Bay leaves and cockroaches can coexist peacefully, because insects quickly adapt to any environment, stop noticing the smell.
Advantages of the method:
- availability;
- cheapness;
- security;
- simplicity.
Minuses:
- low efficiency;
- short exposure;
- the need for frequent repetitions of procedures;
- dubious result.
The combined use of other plants does not significantly increase the effectiveness of the fixed asset.
Where could I buy
You can buy bay leaf at any grocery store. Many housewives have it in the kitchen, used as a seasoning. The price of an ordinary parsley - a bag of 20 g 28 rubles.
Reviews
With a wide variety effective special remedies for cockroaches continue to be used folk. Recipes with bay leaves are the most popular, but they cannot be called effective.
I cooked broth every evening for a week. While she was waiting for the result, she turned away from the lavrushka so that now I don’t throw her into the soup for a year. Cockroaches did not disappear.
Olga, Moscow
Fumigation does not help with cockroaches. The truth about all folk remedies becomes clear when you start trying it yourself. They assured the forum in a quick result. As a result, the whole apartment smelled of spices, smoke, insects ran. Boric Acid Balls much more effective.
Ksenia, Tver
Analogs
Some other folk remedies are also called effective. It is recommended to periodically change fighting methods for a faster effect.
- Ammonia. Impregnated with cotton wool, leave in a saucer overnight.
- Vinegar. A concentrated solution is prepared, floors are washed, furniture is wiped.
- Essential oils. They put it on a candle, light it, leave it overnight. Impregnated with fleece.
- Geranium. Grow on the windowsill.
Folk remedies with a deterrent effect are more suitable for the prevention of infection of the premises than for active struggle.
Last summer I drove out flies from an apartment. So many flew that no Velcro helped. Cooked an hour leaf laurel with open windows, not a single left. It doesn’t act on cockroaches.