The $4 Box Of Borax Eliminate All Garden Pest Forever - Why Don't We Do It Anymore?

The $4 Box Of Borax Eliminate All Garden Pest Forever - Why Don't We Do It Anymore? How to use borax for garden pests: ants, roaches, fleas and weeds in driveway cracks, for about four dollars. Plus the borax tricks that do nothing at all. Thirty-one years in pest control on the Gulf Coast. I tried every one of these. What's in this one: The jar lid that carries an ant trail back to the queen. The step the carpet flea trick always leaves out. The roach powder mistake almost everybody makes. The test to run before borax ever touches your soil. A Saturday spray for squash vines already turning white. What actually keeps mice out of a shed and a coop. The apple worm, and why it never climbs the trunk. Also: why the borax slug ring, borax mildew spray, borax mouse line and borax trunk paint do nothing, and what to use instead. MATERIALS Borax (sodium tetraborate), one box — $4 Ant bait: 1 level tsp borax + 1 cup warm water + ½ cup sugar — pantry Cotton balls — $2 Roach film: equal parts borax and powdered sugar, squeeze duster — $3 Iron phosphate slug bait, 2 lb, 1 tsp per square yard — $15 (or a tuna can of cheap beer) Soil test from your county extension office — about $20 Boron: 1 level tbsp borax per gallon over 1,000 sq ft, once in spring · fruit tree: 1 level tbsp in 2 gallons, every 3 years — only if the test says low Wood: 1 part borax to 8 parts hot water, two coats on bare wood — box Mildew spray: 1 tbsp baking soda + 2½ tbsp horticultural oil per gallon — under $1 a gallon ($12 bottle of oil) Driveway cracks: 1¼ cups borax per gallon of warm water — about 60 cents Steel wool, caulk and ¼-inch hardware cloth — $22 Galvanized can with lid — $30 Snap traps, 4 — $6 Mold scrub: 1 cup borax per gallon of hot water · hygrometer — $10 Nylon fruit footies, 100 — $10 · corrugated cardboard — free TOTAL: about $135 for the season, most of it bought once Bait and powder go behind, under, or inside — never where a dog, a hen, or a toddler can reach them. Which pest beat you this year, and what did you try first? I read every one. Subscribe if you would rather know what works than buy what is advertised. Go check under your sink. TAGS: borax pest control, borax for pests, borax garden, borax uses, borax bugs, borax ants, borax roaches, borax fleas, borax weed killer, boron for plants, powdery mildew, codling moth, slug bait, mice in shed, ant bait recipe, how to kill roaches, is borax safe for dogs, borax safe for plants, fleas in carpet, how to keep mice out, apple worms, mildew spray, mold on walls, does borax kill slugs, does borax repel mice, borax mildew, earl hodge, exterminator secrets, pest control tips