How To Use Baking Soda to Kill Pests - COCKROACHES, BEDBUGS, ANTS, MICE, Etc
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers creative uses of baking soda for pest control in and around the home. It details methods to effectively kill cockroaches, centipedes, snails, slugs, ants, mice, rats, fleas, and bed bugs using baking soda in various forms like powder, paste, or combined with other substances. The script also touches on baking soda's role as a fungicide and its potential effects on plants, emphasizing the importance of using fresh baking soda for optimal results.
Takeaways
- 🐞 Baking soda can be used as an insecticide but requires the insects to ingest it for it to be effective.
- 🍰 To kill cockroaches with baking soda, mix it with sugar to make it more palatable, as they are not naturally attracted to baking soda.
- 💥 Baking soda reacts with the water in a cockroach's body, causing it to expand and crush the insect from the inside due to their rigid exoskeleton.
- 🌱 Baking soda can be used to deter centipedes from climbing drains by creating a CO2-rich environment when mixed with vinegar.
- 🐌 Sprinkling baking soda on snails and slugs can kill them, but it's a slow and potentially inhumane method.
- 🐜 Baking soda can kill ants if they consume it, causing dehydration due to the expansion of the soda inside their bodies.
- 🐭 Baking soda, when ingested by mice or rats, can be lethal due to their inability to expel the gas buildup caused by the soda's reaction with water.
- 🐶 A mixture of baking soda and salt can be used to kill fleas by dehydrating them, and it can also be applied to pets' fur.
- 🛏️ Bed bugs can be killed by a baking soda paste that dehydrates them and may cause internal bleeding.
- 🌿 Baking soda can be used as a fungicide to treat powdery mildew on plants and can also encourage certain plants to bloom.
- 🌳 While baking soda can be beneficial for plants, it's important to use it cautiously as it can inhibit plant growth if it seeps into the soil.
Q & A
How can baking soda be used as an effective pest control?
-Baking soda can be used in various forms such as pastes, homemade sprays, and sprinkles for pest control. It's crucial to know the right application method for different pests, including mixing with sugar to attract cockroaches or using a baking soda and vinegar rinse for centipedes in drains.
Why won't baking soda repel pests on its own?
-Baking soda does not have a repelling effect on pests by itself. It needs to be ingested by pests like cockroaches to be effective, which is why a sugar is often mixed with it to make it more palatable to the pests.
How does baking soda kill cockroaches?
-When cockroaches eat baking soda in powder form, it reacts with the water inside their bodies, causing the baking soda to expand. This expansion, combined with the cockroach's firm exoskeleton, leads to their bodies being crushed from the inside out.
Can baking soda and vinegar be mixed for pest control?
-Mixing baking soda with vinegar is not recommended for all pests. While it works for centipedes in drains by producing CO2 which drowns them, it can stop the baking soda from working effectively for cockroaches.
How can baking soda help with centipedes in drains?
-Pouring a cup of baking soda down the drain followed by vinegar creates a bubbling reaction that produces CO2, which can help drown centipedes that are climbing up the drains.
What is the humane way to use baking soda for killing snails and slugs in the garden?
-To minimize the suffering of snails and slugs, baking soda can be lightly sprinkled onto the soil around the garden, focusing on areas where they are likely to be found, to dehydrate and kill them more quickly.
How does baking soda kill ants?
-Baking soda kills ants when they ingest it. The soda reacts with the water and acid in the ant's body, causing it to expand and dehydrate the ant, leading to its death.
How can baking soda be used to kill mice and rats?
-A mixture of baking soda, sugar, and flour can be used to kill mice and rats. When ingested, the baking soda expands and causes a fatal buildup of gas inside the rodent's body.
What mixture can be used to kill fleas using baking soda?
-A mixture of equal parts baking soda and salt can be used to kill fleas by dehydrating them. This mixture should be sprinkled on carpets, rugs, and soft furnishings and vacuumed up the next morning.
How can baking soda help with bed bugs?
-Baking soda can be mixed with water into a paste and spread over common hiding places for bed bugs. The paste dehydrates the bugs and can cause internal bleeding, leading to their death.
How can you determine if your baking soda is still effective for pest control?
-To test if baking soda is still effective, add a little water to a small amount of soda. If it fizzle for a few seconds or longer, it's still fresh and potent. If not, it may be time to buy a new tub.
Can baking soda be used to treat fungal infections in plants?
-Yes, baking soda can be used as a fungicide to treat powdery mildew on plants. Sprinkling it at the base of plants or using a baking soda and water spray can prevent fungal infections.
Is there a risk of damaging plants when using baking soda?
-While baking soda can help combat fungal infections, it should be used cautiously around plants as it can seep into the soil and inhibit growth. However, a light application around targeted plants like tomatoes should not cause significant harm.
Outlines
🐜 Effective Baking Soda Pest Control Techniques
This paragraph discusses the effective use of baking soda as a natural pest control method. It explains that baking soda can be used in various forms such as paste, spray, or sprinkles, and emphasizes the importance of application techniques for different pests. For cockroaches, a mixture with sugar is suggested to make the powder more palatable. The paragraph also clarifies that baking soda must be in powder form to be effective when ingested by pests. It highlights the ineffectiveness of combining baking soda with vinegar or warm water. The process of how baking soda kills cockroaches is explained through a chemical reaction within their bodies, causing the soda to expand and crush them from the inside. Additionally, the paragraph covers the use of baking soda for centipedes in drains, snails and slugs in gardens, ants by mixing with sugar, and mice and rats by creating a tempting paste. It also mentions the use of baking soda and salt to kill fleas by dehydration.
🛌 Advanced Baking Soda Applications and Troubleshooting
The second paragraph delves into additional applications of baking soda for pest control, specifically for bed bugs, by creating a paste that dries out and needs to be reapplied. It also addresses the potential ineffectiveness of baking soda mixtures, suggesting that the soda might be old or out of date, and provides a test to check its freshness. The paragraph further explores baking soda's role as a fungicide, offering a solution for powdery mildew on plants and cautioning against overuse around plants to prevent growth inhibition. It also touches on the possibility of using baking soda to encourage blooming in plants that prefer alkaline soil, and concludes with a reminder to be mindful of beneficial insects when applying baking soda. The paragraph ends with an invitation to subscribe to the channel and a teaser for the next video on a DIY natural cockroach killer using baking soda.
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Keywords
💡Baking Powder
💡Cockroaches
💡Vinegar
💡Snails and Slugs
💡Ants
💡Mice and Rats
💡Fleas
💡Bed Bugs
💡Fungicide
💡Alkaline Soil
💡Beneficial Insects
Highlights
Baking soda can be used as an effective pest control method when applied correctly.
Different forms of baking soda, such as pastes, homemade sprays, and sprinkles, have various applications for pest control.
Baking soda can kill cockroaches when ingested, but requires a mixture with sugar to make it palatable.
Vinegar should not be mixed with baking soda for cockroach control, as it negates the effectiveness of the baking soda.
Baking soda is effective against centipedes when used in drain treatments, causing them to drown due to the CO2 produced.
For snails and slugs, baking soda can be sprinkled in the garden, but it's more humane to use it sparingly to avoid a slow death.
Ants can be killed by baking soda when they ingest it, causing dehydration and death.
Mice and rats can be killed by a baking soda mixture that causes gas buildup and eventual fatality.
A mixture of baking soda and salt can be used to kill fleas by dehydrating them.
Baking soda can also be used to treat powdery mildew on plants, acting as a fungicide.
Baking soda can encourage certain plants to bloom by creating an alkaline soil environment.
Excessive use of baking soda around plants can inhibit growth, so it should be applied carefully.
Baking soda can be used to deter insects from plants without causing significant harm to beneficial insects.
To ensure the effectiveness of baking soda, it should be tested for freshness by its reaction with water.
Baking soda can also be used to kill bed bugs by creating a dehydrating effect and causing internal bleeding.
If a baking soda mixture is not working, it may be due to the insects not consuming the mixture.
Transcripts
to use baking powder in the most
effective way as a means of pest control
you need to know how to apply it
after all baking soda won't repel
anything if you keep it locked away in
your cupboard
however not every form is going to work
pastes homemade sprays and sprinkles of
baking powder all have their uses
you can use soda in the garden in the
house anywhere you can think of
the trick is knowing where and when and
for which pests
cockroaches baking soda can kill
cockroaches but first you need to
convince them to eat it
cockroaches aren't attracted to the
taste and smell of baking soda so you
may need to use a little sugar to make
the mixture seem tastier
baking soda works when cockroaches eat
it the soda must be in powder form
otherwise it won't work
combining baking soda with vinegar some
online information recommends this but
the vinegar will actually stop the
baking soda from working warm water or
putting it in food will make the soda
virtually ineffective
when cockroaches eat the raw powder the
soda reacts with water inside the
cockroach's body
the baking soda expands and because
cockroaches have a firm exoskeleton
their bodies are crushed from the inside
out
centipedes
baking soda won't get rid of the average
centipedes on your kitchen floors but if
you have a problem with centipedes
climbing up your drains a baking soda
rinse can help here
this is because when you pour baking
soda and vinegar down a drain the
expanding mixture produces co2 which
drowns the centipedes
start by pouring one cup of baking soda
down the drain pour it slowly and
thoroughly the plan is to coat the
inside of the drains as well as possible
next pour around two cups of vinegar
down the drain
this will mix the baking soda and
vinegar together causing a bubbling
reaction and pushing the mixture further
down the drain
you might need to do several baking soda
and vinegar rinses to kill your
centipede problem
snails and slugs
just like vinegar or salt you can
sprinkle baking soda in the garden on
snails and slugs to kill them however
this can be a nasty death for the
slugger snail as the baking soda sticks
to the mucousy skin and slowly
dehydrates them it's more humane to use
as much as possible to kill the creature
quickly
you can sprinkle baking soda lightly
onto the soil around your garden to kill
any snails or slugs this will also help
deter any future slimy invaders
focus on areas where you've seen snails
and slugs or where you're likely to see
them compost pile tomato plants and
other areas are all very tempting to a
snail or slug
ants
baking soda will kill ants if ants eat
it the soda it reacts with the water and
acid in the ant's body and expands just
like the cockroach reaction
this dehydrates the ant and kills it
again you need to convince the ants to
eat the baking soda you can do this by
mixing baking soda and sugar then the
worker ants bring the mixture back to
the colony
for a better chance at getting rid of
the whole infestation locate the ant's
nest and surround it with your soda and
sugar mixture
mice and rats
baking soda will kill mice and rats this
is because rats aren't able to expel any
buildup of gas in their system
when ingested baking soda expands and
causes a buildup of gas inside the body
of a mouse or rat
eventually this buildup will be fatal
for this to work you need to create a
mixture to tempt the rodents
mix two thirds of a cup of baking soda
two-thirds of a cup of sugar and
two-thirds of a cup of flour together
you can adjust these measurements
depending on how much you need
once the baking soda sugar and flour is
mixed add a little warm water
don't let the mixture get too runny as
you should be able to form the paste
into balls
leave the baking soda balls around where
mice or rats find them and eat them
fleas
you can use a mixture of baking soda and
salt to kill fleas however you'll need
fresh baking soda not the old packet
that's been open and sitting in your
cupboard for a while
the baking soda and salt dehydrates the
fleas eventually killing them it also
dehydrates the flea eggs
mix equal parts salt and baking soda and
sprinkle it liberally on your carpets
rugs and other soft furnishing areas
and use a brush or broom to thoroughly
work the mixture into your carpets
leave the mixture overnight and vacuum
it up in the morning
be sure to vacuum all the nooks and
crannies in your home and always empty
the filter in the outside trash so that
any surviving fleas can't make their way
back in
you can also use baking soda and water
to kill fleas on your pets mix one and a
half cups of water with one teaspoon of
baking soda and work the mixture into
your pet's wet fur but not on their face
let the mixture sit for a minute then
rinse thoroughly
bed bugs
putting baking soda in your home can
also kill bed bugs it creates the same
dehydrating effect that we see in other
insects and some of the baking soda
grains can break inside the insect
causing internal bleeding
mix baking soda and water into a paste
and spread this paste over the most
common hiding places for bed bugs on a
person's bed and surrounding areas you
may want to sleep elsewhere while this
is going on
during the night the bed bugs will come
out to look for a meal and come into
contact with the baking soda paste
then hopefully they'll die
this mixture will dry out so you'll need
to vacuum away the old paste and put on
some fresh paste
it's worth noting that while baking soda
can be extremely helpful in dealing with
bed bugs you may have to resort to
stronger methods if you have an
infestation
so what if you find your baking soda
mixture isn't working
if you've made a baking soda mixture
that doesn't seem to be working it could
be that your soda is out of date or just
old
a good way to test your soda is to add a
little water to a small amount of soda
if the mixture fizzles for a few seconds
or longer that means that your baking
soda is still fresh and powerful
if not then you might want to consider
buying a newer tub
however if your baking soda repellent
still aren't working try and figure out
why
for example if you're using soda to kill
cockroaches are you sure that the
insects are actually eating the mixture
if not then it won't work
so can baking soda be used to kill
anything else in the home
yes baking soda is a fungicide as well
as an insecticide it can be used to
treat powdery mildew a plant fungi
sprinkling baking soda on the base of
your plants will prevent powdery mildew
from forming and stop roaches and ants
from climbing your plants
a combination of water and a teaspoon of
baking soda in a spray bottle is all you
need you can add a drop of liquid dish
soap to the mixture to help it stick
spray the baking soda mixture over the
plant and let it dry reapply until the
fungal infection has gone
baking soda can also be used to
encourage plants that prefer an alkaline
soil to bloom beautifully
you may also be wondering does baking
soda damage plants
you should be careful when using sodium
bicarbonate around plants as it can seep
into the soil and inhibit plant growth
however a baking soda spray can actually
help to combat fungal infections in
plants
a sprinkle of baking soda around your
tomato plants or any other plant
targeted by insects should do no real
trouble to your plants
however you should make sure you aren't
accidentally killing beneficial insects
i hope you've enjoyed this video if you
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channel and don't forget to give this
video the thumbs up
and i'm sure you're going to enjoy our
next video on a diy natural cockroach
killer using baking soda
thanks for watching and bye for now
you
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