In the fight against rodents, it is not always advisable to use chemicals, because they can have a negative impact on the harvest. Traps are also not always effective. Many plants that will help keep mice away will not only scare away pests, but also decorate the site.
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Plants that repel mice
The most effective crops in the fight against rodents include:
- Daffodils. To protect the beds, spread daffodil bulbs over them, and then cover with mulch.
- Colchicum autumn (colchicum). A plant growing near vegetable beds will scare away mice. Poison bait can be prepared from it. For 1 kg of cereal, 20 g of seeds are taken and laid out in the habitats of mice.
- Marsh wild rosemary. The smell of wild rosemary branches scares away rodents.
- Elder. The branches of the plant are used as a covering material.
- Feverfew. The plant can be laid out between boxes of vegetables and tied around tree trunks.
- Sowing coriander (cilantro). The plant can be sown near the beds that are attacked by pests. To protect trees, trunks are tied with bunches of coriander.
- Tomatoes. To protect the seedlings, you need tomato tops. It is cut with a knife and laid out in the root zone. Mice do not like the smell of vegetables, so they will not gnaw on the branches of seedlings. This method is often used when planting trees and bushes in autumn.
- Medicinal black root (mousegon). Rodents avoid places where blackroot is located (because of its smell). Also, mice do not like it when rough spines of the seeds of this plant are attached to their wool.
- Burdock. Burdock seeds have spines that attach to many surfaces, including pest hair. For this reason, mice try to bypass those places where there is a burdock. To protect the harvested crop, place burdock spines between the vegetable crates.
- Sagebrush. The scent of this herb is not liked by mice and many insects. To protect your site from pests, wormwood should be planted around the perimeter of the garden. Its branches can be spread out between the beds or in the room where the crop is stored.
- Pharmacy chamomile. Many animals do not like the smell of this plant. If you spread the bunches on the floor in the house, in outbuildings or do not pull out the chamomile growing in the garden, then the rodents will leave this territory.
- Common tansy. If mice appear in the vegetable store, this plant should be spread indoors. The smell of tansy will scare off mice.
- The sequence is three-part. In addition to the smell, which does not like rodents and therefore scares them away, the plant has rough leaves. When in contact with wool, the mouse is frightened, therefore, it tries to avoid dangerous places.
- Melilot is white. If this culture has grown in the garden, then it should not be pulled out. Sweet clover has a coumarin smell that mice do not like.
Poisonous bait
In order to get rid of mice, it is not necessary to buy chemicals. You can prepare the bait yourself from plants. Due to the fact that poisonous crops are used to create the product, safety rules must be followed (use gloves, wear a respiratory mask, wash hands well after contact with the plant and etc.).
Ingredients for several bait preparation options:
- 5 g of crushed paris root (raven eye) and 100 g of sunflower seeds;
- 50 g of chopped antidote fighter tubers (aconite) and 1 kg of any cereal;
- unrefined vegetable oil and ground castor bean seeds.
If Lobel's cheremitsa grows nearby, then a poisonous infusion can be prepared from it. You need to take 200 g of the root of the plant and fill it with 1 glass of water. After 4-5 days, the infusion is filtered and hydrochloric acid is added to it. The resulting liquid is poured into millet or other grain. When all the moisture is in, the rodent repellent is ready.
After cooking, the bait is laid out in those places where traces of the presence of mice were noticed. Rodents will quickly smell food. The poisonous substances contained in plants will help you get rid of intruders quickly and effectively.
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