The study was carried out with lemon oil, piperite mint oil and fruits of the chestnut; Three plants products that are popularly considered especially useful to scare away spiders at home. The result: while the spiders did not shy away lemon oil, an aversion to the piperite mint and chestnuts were observed among the arachnids.
How to use plants against spiders?
Lavender and mint plants: If you want to use lavender or mint to repel the spiders, you just have to place the plants inside. In potters, tables, shelves, as a hanging plant … distributes the plants where you want. You can also dry the lavender and place it in vases in the form of branches or hang it in the form of lavender bags – in the closet they also help against the moths.
Chestnuts: Chestnuts can be found everywhere in autumn and pick up during a walk. They are effective against spiders when they are fresh, since they don't like smell. After a month, when the fruits dry, they lose their effect and must be replaced. You can place the chestnuts individually in the windows of the windows or in the furniture. You can also use the Home remedy against spiders decoratively for your home. To do this, place chestnuts in Kintsugi or other aesthetic bowls. If you press chestnuts (for example, with a hammer), the smell of plants, which spiders do not like, will develop even more.
Oils as an alternative: If you don't have a hand for plants and you don't like chestnuts scattered throughout your home, you can turn to herbal oils. Lavender and mint oils are commercial products that you can buy in the pharmacy or on the Internet. Pour a little into small vases, bowls or other containers so that the aroma extends throughout the house. You can also mix vegetable oils with water in a spray and spray them in the places where they like to nest spiders (for example, next to the garbage can, in the corners, in the window).
Natural remedy against spiders at home
Of course, there is no guarantee that you do not find spiders at home if you place the plants presented here. However, the experiment of Journal of Economic Entomology It shows that spiders tend to flee from the mint and chestnut more than other plants.
Article originally published in AD Germany.