Any home remedies (non-toxic) to get rid of cockroaches from the house?

Question

I have a nagging cockroach problem in my house. The guys are everywhere, and I'm trying to get rid of them. Roach sprays don't really help much, plus they have this nauseating, toxic smell. Do you know of any home remedies (non-toxic) that can control or eliminate cockroach infestation?

Answer 1

Hope this helps ...Good Luck !

Insects/Rodents:
Fleas and Ticks
Wash pets with castile soap and water, dry thoroughly, apply an herbal rinse made by adding 1/2 cup fresh or dried rosemary to a quart of boiling water (steep for 20 minutes, strain and cool. Spray or sponge onto pets hair, massage into skin. Let air dry, do NOT towel dry as this removes the residue of the rosemary.

Roaches:
1) Mix equal parts boric acid with flour , sprinkle around cracks and crevices or
2) Mix equal parts boric acid with sugar, sprinkle around cracks and crevices or
3) Mix equal parts boric acid with corn meal, sprinkle around cracks and crevices or
4) Diatomaceous earth (pure silica): sprinkle around flours, cracks and crevices or
5) Cucumber peels: set out on counter tops overnight to repel roaches or
6) Mix Borax with a little brown sugar and flour and sprinkle behind appliances, under sink, and in corners. Cockroaches carry the mixture back to their nests or
7) Heloise's Famous Roach Recipe:
1/4 cup shortening
1/8 cup sugar
8 oz. boric acid
1/2 cup flour
Ample water to form a dough

Mix all, form small balls of dough and set out in open plastic sandwich bags (to retain moisture longer, when hardened, replace with new dough)

Answer 2

Home Remedies For Cockroaches

Answer 3

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Any home remedies (non-toxic) to get rid of cockroaches from the house?
I have a nagging cockroach problem in my house. The guys are everywhere, and I'm trying to get rid of them. Roach sprays don't really help much, plus they have this nauseating, toxic smell. Do you know of any home remedies (non-toxic) that can control or eliminate cockroach infestation?

Answer 4

Heloise's Boric Acid Roach Exterminating Formula

8 ounces powdered boric acid
1/2 cup flour
1/8 cup sugar
1/2 small onion, chopped (optional)
1/4 cup cooking oil or bacon drippings
(or more to form a soft dough).

Cream shortening and sugar, mix boric acid, flour and onion. Add to sugar, and oil. Blend well, then add more oil as needed to form a soft dough. Shape into small balls the size of marbles. (If balls are placed in opened, plastic sandwich bags, the dough will stay softer longer.) Place balls throughout the house in places normally inhabited by roaches (any dark, damp corner). Caution: Make sure no children or pet can come in contact with these balls, as it is toxic and keep out of direct contact with any food. When dough becomes brick hard, replace with a fresh batch.

Answer 5

home remedies toxic rid cockroaches house

Answer 6

Please check for the toxicity level by doing some research, but I was told to lay tracks of BORIC ACID along the perimeter of the room. The roaches will walk thru the acid and go back to their nest with traces of it, and clean it off, which will kill the infected roach and those in the nest. Boric acid is available in hardware stores.

Answer 7

First a little spring cleaning, most in the area we don't get often like our base boards and our closets. then honey i can't say bleach and ammonia enough. once they have nothing to eat they will leave. helpful hint: Boric Acid not diluted

Answer 8

I have a favorite technique....it's called a vacuum cleaner.
take the carpet attachment off, just use the long wand....suck up the buggers every time you see them.
eventually you will break their breeding cycle.
it can take three to five weeks but it is effective.
cleaning is helpful, and don't leave food out.