Mosquito Repellent Plants by Happy Planting
Love being outdoors but sick of those annoying blood-sucking mosquitoes? They may be great bait for birds and bats, but you don’t want them hanging around your children and your family. You also don’t want to cover yourself in harsh chemicals to repel them. So, aside from making your property less friendly to the buggers by getting rid of any standing water, what can you do to keep mosquitoes away?
It turns out that mosquitoes are attracted to certain odours in human skin. They’re especially attracted to your body odour and other secretions, meaning that if you’re spending a lot of time running around and sweating, you can expect to have more mosquitoes following you around. Alternately certain strong smells can both hide your scent and deter them from getting close enough to bite you.
Instead of going the chemical route, here is a collection of mosquito repelling plants from Happy Planting, to make mosquito control more natural. You can’t just plant and be done; however the aroma needs to be in the air around you, at the very least, and ideally on your skin. Here are four mosquito repellent plants that work great and can be kept in pots on a porch, near a door, or anywhere else you plan to assemble outside.
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