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Old 05-31-2010, 07:31 AM
 
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There is something about our yard/lot and we have always had more than a normal amount of mosquitos. We don't have standing water, we keep our yard very nicely maintained. We also don't have a bunch of ivy or anything. We do have a greenbelt behind us... but our lot is pretty big (almost 1/2 acre) and the green belt is a decent distance from our patio. I took my daughter outside yesterday morning around 9am to play in the sprinkler and she was bit 3 times!!! In the morning!!!
Last night my husband used a fogger, and then a Raid yard spray and we were still attacked. It's terrible... not so bad for me, but I hate to see my little girl covered in bites.
What really works? I'm going to buy a few citronella plants in hopes that they might help (can you even buy/plant them in SA? My cousin in St. Louis suggested that.)
Any other tips? we have a beautiful backyard and love to sit outside. The mosquitos are driving us IN!
Thanks!!!
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Old 05-31-2010, 07:41 AM
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Make sure you and your neighbors don't have anything that holds enough standing water that mosquito eggs could be hatching in. Tires, birdbaths, rain gauges all hold enough water to hatch mosquitoes by the dozen.

Garlic powder sprinkled around your patio will help keep them away during an outing. I buy it by the gallon at Costco just for this purpose.
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Old 05-31-2010, 07:46 AM
 
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There is something about our yard/lot and we have always had more than a normal amount of mosquitos. We don't have standing water, we keep our yard very nicely maintained. We also don't have a bunch of ivy or anything. We do have a greenbelt behind us... but our lot is pretty big (almost 1/2 acre) and the green belt is a decent distance from our patio. I took my daughter outside yesterday morning around 9am to play in the sprinkler and she was bit 3 times!!! In the morning!!!
Last night my husband used a fogger, and then a Raid yard spray and we were still attacked. It's terrible... not so bad for me, but I hate to see my little girl covered in bites.
What really works? I'm going to buy a few citronella plants in hopes that they might help (can you even buy/plant them in SA? My cousin in St. Louis suggested that.)
Any other tips? we have a beautiful backyard and love to sit outside. The mosquitos are driving us IN!
Thanks!!!

think everyone is suffering this year (we certainly are!)...mosquitos are just horrendous with all that rain we had. Honestly, the only time we had a reprieve from those nasty buggers was after I had all our trees trimmed. Didn't see them for months after that...but then they came back. In force.

It's the darn fruit flies that are reeeeaaaallllyyyy driving me bonkers right now. They are everywhere!!! Argh.
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Old 05-31-2010, 08:50 AM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
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they are horrible! Holy crap!
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Old 05-31-2010, 09:22 AM
 
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Front page news today on foxnews.com:

FOXNews.com - Epic Spring Rains Spawn Mosquito Emergency

Guess everyone's suffering this year.
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Old 05-31-2010, 01:03 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Make sure you and your neighbors don't have anything that holds enough standing water that mosquito eggs could be hatching in. Tires, birdbaths, rain gauges all hold enough water to hatch mosquitoes by the dozen.

Garlic powder sprinkled around your patio will help keep them away during an outing. I buy it by the gallon at Costco just for this purpose.
Does it make the area smell like garlic? I'm ready to try anything.
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Old 05-31-2010, 01:06 PM
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Does it make the area smell like garlic?
It does. It makes the area smell like an Italian restaurant. Maybe that's why I've never seen mosquitoes in an Italian restaurant?

Supposedly certain plant-eating bugs are repulsed by the smell of garlic, so it helps to use it in the garden, too. Make sure you get garlic powder and not garlic salt. Salt is bad for plants!
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Old 05-31-2010, 01:13 PM
 
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It does. It makes the area smell like an Italian restaurant. Maybe that's why I've never seen mosquitoes in an Italian restaurant?

Supposedly certain plant-eating bugs are repulsed by the smell of garlic, so it helps to use it in the garden, too. Make sure you get garlic powder and not garlic salt. Salt is bad for plants!
As long as it doesn't give me heart burn!
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Old 05-31-2010, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Kallison Ranch, San Antonio,TX.
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There is something about our yard/lot and we have always had more than a normal amount of mosquitos. We don't have standing water, we keep our yard very nicely maintained. We also don't have a bunch of ivy or anything. We do have a greenbelt behind us... but our lot is pretty big (almost 1/2 acre) and the green belt is a decent distance from our patio. I took my daughter outside yesterday morning around 9am to play in the sprinkler and she was bit 3 times!!! In the morning!!!
Last night my husband used a fogger, and then a Raid yard spray and we were still attacked. It's terrible... not so bad for me, but I hate to see my little girl covered in bites.
What really works? I'm going to buy a few citronella plants in hopes that they might help (can you even buy/plant them in SA? My cousin in St. Louis suggested that.)
Any other tips? we have a beautiful backyard and love to sit outside. The mosquitos are driving us IN!
Thanks!!!
If you live in the City Limits you can call 311 and ask for the COSA Health Department VECTOR Control. If the Greenbelt is Public Property they can spray. I don't know if BC has any arrangements with the COSA when it comes to spraying. If it is Private Property I would still call and express your concerns. I don't know what type of enforcement powers they have but anything is worth a try.

Although many folks do not like the thought of eletrocution of any living creature I would buy a Bug Zapper. There is no seewter sound when your outside. Home Depot sells two made by Stinger (a leading brand) in both 1/2 and 1 acre sizes if I recall the prices are $26-$42.00 .We had an acre one for 3-4 years then it went out. I purchased a 1/2 acre last weekend and to tell you the truth I don't like it. Although it works it is not attracting the bugs like the 1 acre did. I'll take it back this week.
*Lowes and WalMart also sell them.

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Old 05-31-2010, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Kallison Ranch, San Antonio,TX.
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I called both Lowes and the Home Depot at 1604 /Culebra after my last post. Both stres are SOLD out of Zappers. That tells us all something.
I saw on the Lowes website an Ultra Bug Zapper by Stinger for $45.97. It has a black light with is supposed to attract 40% more bugs than the white light zapper. It is approx $10.00 more but to me it sounds like it's worth it.
Lowes has a neat feature on their webpage where you can check store stock. I called the Bandera Rd Lowes after seeing that they had 8 in stock actually they had 10 so that feature appears to be fairly accurate.
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