Myth busting: will natural cockroach repellent works?

Do you suspect a cockroach infestation in your property and are struggling to get rid of it? Try your luck by experimenting with the use of these 3 natural cockroach repellent at home.

• Baking soda
• Coffee grounds
• Garlic

How to kill cockroaches naturally with baking soda

Who would have thought if baking soda may be the solution to remove pesky pests like bed bugs and cockroaches at home? Besides useful for used in baking cakes and pancakes, baking soda is also known to be a great ingredient to make roach traps because it’s effective and safe to use around pets if you have any at home.

Method: Take equal parts of baking soda and a pinch of sugar in a shallow bowl, then place it near to the cockroach-infested areas or in where roaches are usually roaming at your house.

The sugar attracts the cockroaches while baking soda will kill them. Once they eat it, baking soda will react badly by creating gas inside of the stomach and cause its stomach to burst. All you have to do afterwards is just clean up the dead roaches.

Fact: Killing cockroach with baking soda is only addresses roaches that can be seen, but not sufficient enough to get rid of cockroaches with a higher level of infestation.

How to kill cockroaches naturally coffee grounds

Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds! A lot of people already know coffee grounds can be composted for your garden, but little they know if coffee grounds can be a good natural repellent for cockroaches at home.

Method: Cockroaches do not like acids produced from coffee grounds. Sprinkle coffee grounds near to the entry points that usually cockroach passed. This natural repellent may keep roaches from getting inside your house.

Fact: There’s no scientific evidence that coffee grounds are able to kill cockroaches. Coffee won’t able to kill cockroaches, but it will only keep them away. Once they found another way that isn’t contaminated with coffee grounds, they will easily sneak to your home again!

How to kill cockroaches naturally with garlic

The aroma of garlic has long been known to have repellent effects to many insects, including cockroaches. Garlic has a pungent smell that cockroaches don’t like.

Method: Crush a clove of clove garlic and place around infested areas as deterrents. Some people believe this natural repellent immensely effective to lure the cockroaches out from your home.

Fact: You may be can make cockroaches away, but garlic does not kill the cockroaches. Again, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that garlic is a successful home remedy for cockroach.

Which of the popular DIY cockroach control solutions actually work?

You may have tried all these natural cockroaches repellent above, but no matter how often you apply this DIY method, cockroaches keep coming back!

Therefore, the answer to the question is none of these natural cockroaches repellent above can help you to completely get rid of cockroach infestation at home.

Cockroaches are one of the most difficult pests to remove, which is why getting a professional roach control and removal specialist is the only solution to effectively eliminate cockroach infestation at home.

Don’t waste time, book a treatment now with one of our experts. Our experts at Rentokil will:

• Find out where they are getting in from
• What is attracting them to your property in the first place
• Remove them from your property
• Prevent them from returning

Contact us today to get rid of the cockroaches once and for all!

This article first appeared on Rentokil Indonesia site: https://www.rentokil.co.id/en/my-pest-control-quick-tips/natural-cockroach-repellent-does-it-really-work/