How to Get Rid of Cockroaches Naturally

How to Get Rid of Cockroaches Naturally

Get Rid Of Cockroaches By De-Cluttering:

Cockroaches love the smell of paper, which does a great job of holding on to a pheromone they put out to tell their friends when they’ve found a feast. Your first step in reducing roaches is to eliminate these potential bug-magnets:

Stacks of newspapers and magazines
Paper bags from the grocery store
Unused cardboard boxes
Other forms of clutter, especially on the floor or bottom of cupboards, where roaches can set up camp.

Get Rid Of Cockroaches By Starving Them:

Cockroaches love to eat. To get rid of them, get rid of what they like to eat.

Don’t leave food sitting on your counters, including fruit bowls.
Store dry goods in tightly-sealed containers.
Varnish or paint wood shelves to seal them, then wipe them clean regularly.
Rinse your cans, bottles and plastics before putting them in your recycling bins.
Empty trash daily.

Get Rid Of Roaches By Cleaning:

A pile of crumbs or splatter of grease is an all you can eat buffet for these bugs.

Use a 50-50 solution of white vinegar and water to clean under sinks, around water heaters, and inside appliances.
Vacuum behind your fridge and behind your washer and dryer. Mop the floor there, too.
Clean inside your refrigerator regularly. (Yep, they can get in there.)
Wipe away spills in your oven immediately.
Keep your stove spotless.
Never leave dishes in the sink.
Wipe your counters after food preparation, and sweep the floor after meals.
Mop your hard floors regularly.
Vacuum each room well once a week, and add one more high traffic vacuum for each person and pet in the house.
Don’t let laundry pile up.
Keep drains free of grease.

With Homemade Cockroach Killer:

Once you’ve eliminated the clutter, food sources and breeding areas through the above steps, you’ll want to repel Cockroaches so they don’t return. Rather than call an exterminator to fog your house with toxic chemicals, try making some of these DIY Roach Killer Balls.

How to Make Roach Killer:

1/8 cup Crisco or bacon drippings
1/8 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Borax (or boric acid powder)
1/2 cup flour (wheat)
Water

Combine the first four ingredients, then add water until it forms a soft dough.Roll into balls about the size of an olive.Stashing two or three balls where roaches are likely to hang out under sinks, behind appliances, in food cupboards, etc.Lightly mist the balls with water daily to keep their “scent” fresh. Replace with fresh balls as needed.You should see a big difference withing 2 or 3 days.

The Crisco or bacon grease and powdered sugar in these balls attracts the roaches and gives them something to eat. But Borax has very sharp edges, so it tears up their insides and kills them.

Note that Borax and boric acid aren’t the same thing, but they’re related. Boric acid will work much faster than Borax to kill the roaches, but some people don’t feel comfortable using it or would rather use Borax because they already have it from making homemade laundry detergent.

Either way, it’s a good idea to pop the DIY Roach Repellant Balls in a plastic berry container (which has vent holes that let cockroaches get in) and tape them shut before stashing them where kids or pets can get to them. Or put them down when the kids are asleep at night which is when roaches usually come out,and pick them up in the morning.

Non-toxic solution:

Mix 20 drops of citronella oil,
10 drops of peppermint oil and
10 drops of lavender oil.

Place into a spray bottle with 2 tablespoons of vodka, shake the bottle and top up with 100ml of water. Use as a surface spray, but remember to keep it out of reach of the kids.

keeping your home roach-free requires constant diligence, so even if the roach balls seem to work you’ll want to stay on top of proper food storage, clutter and cleaning.

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