What is the best way to repel mosquitos during a summer outdoor wedding?

Question

I am having a wedding around 6:30 during the month of June in the south. Should I use Citronella or is there something else that doesnt smell as bad? Will lavender keep away mosquitos since it repels fleas?

Answer 1

We used every flower and herb that smells like citrus.....some were dried, and put into sachets with ribbons and hung on chairs....
The best ones were orange blossoms, daphne, lemon balm, lemon thyme, lemon verbena, and mock orange blossoms. We did use lavender, artemesia, bay leaves, and roses, too. My mom even used the lemon furniture polish to shine everything. It must have helped, we were married south of Mobile, which is mosquito capital of the south....and I don't remember any problems. For you to wear personally, I would suggest the Aromatherapy line from Bath and Body Works....specifically, the Orange/Ginger body oil. It really absorbs like a dry oil, use it after a shower and towel off excess. I use it year round as a bug repellent, and it works and smells great!

Answer 2

I have used citronella before and it really doesn't work that well - plus citronella torches and especially the oil lamps can get really smoky, so I would avoid it. Mums are a natural bug repellant and a whole bunch of them in a summer garden would look really pretty, so consider incorporating mums into the ceremony. In the alternative, the bug attracting lamps seem to work well in the summer outdoors. Also consider putting up a tent or some type of tarp or mesh canopy at least during the ceremony in case there is a bug problem.

Answer 3

i'm no longer attentive to any culmination that artwork those organic products will effectively repel mosquitoes, yet they require greater time-honored reapplication (a minimum of each and every 2 hours) and better concentrations than DEET. because of the variations between styles of mosquitoes, products that contain dissimilar repellents tend to be greater efficient than those containing a single element. As you will discover, organic repellents tend to be risky plant oils. Citronella Oil Lemon Eucalyptus Oil Cinnamon Oil Castor Oil Rosemary Oil Lemongrass Oil Cedar Oil Peppermint Oil Clove Oil Geranium Oil in all threat Oils from Verbena, Pennyroyal, Lavender, Pine, Cajeput, Basil, Thyme, Allspice, Soybean, and Garlic yet another plant-derived substance, pyrethrum, is an insecticide. Pyrethrum comes from the flora of the daisy Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium.

Answer 4

Check the area for standing water. Remove it. Check your home outside for containers with water. Remove it. The candles do not work. THERE ARE c02 traps that you can put out that will work just have them out a week before and during your wedding. Start taking vitamn B-12 and garlic pills now. They repell flees and mosquitos. You can use deet, its a insect repellant. And good luck and congrats on the wedding.

Answer 5

There is a lawn and garden spray that works pretty well. You can buy it in the outdoor sections of most stores. Have the whole area sprayed with that a couple hours before the wedding.

Citronella doesn't work.

Answer 6

You can put shepherds hooks around and hang a nice candle holder on it, and put the citronella in there...or you could have tiki torches...just depends on they style of your wedding

Answer 7

I would probably just use the candles...set them farther away that way you build like a boundry around the ceremony....hopefully that will help...I don't know what else to say...smoke keeps them away, but, I don't think a fire is going to work in this situation....congrats by the way

Answer 8

get one of those mosquito eaters that uses the propane tank; they are awesome