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Epsom Salt - Beer - Listerine - Mosquitoes
03-26-2008, 10:20 AM
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Epsom Salt - Beer - Listerine - Mosquitoes
Got an email that says spraying a mixture of these three things around the yard will ward off mosquitoes. Anyone ever try this? I don't mind waisting the Listerine or Epsom salt, but would hate to waste even cheap beer.
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03-26-2008, 10:23 AM
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My advice would be to spray a mixture of Epsom Salt and Listerine while drinking beer. That way you'll be sure not to waste it... 
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03-26-2008, 02:11 PM
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which items am i supposed to spray, the first three or the last three?
i usually just swat one of the larger mosquitos and then leave him out as a warning to the others.
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03-26-2008, 02:33 PM
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I've used cheap beer to catch wasps. The beer itself doesn't kill them, but if they drink enough of it, they start fighting with each other 
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03-26-2008, 02:57 PM
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How would one spray epsom salt? Kinda lumpy...
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03-26-2008, 05:56 PM
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Directions say mix equally and put it in a hose end sprayer like the ones you use for fertilizer or weed killer. So I would guess the Epsom salt would dissolve.
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03-26-2008, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Rustic23
Got an email that says spraying a mixture of these three things around the yard will ward off mosquitoes. Anyone ever try this? I don't mind waisting the Listerine or Epsom salt, but would hate to waste even cheap beer.
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Try it and let us know if it works. In the mean time, I'll do a few wrist curls.
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03-26-2008, 06:41 PM
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12 oz ones?
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03-28-2008, 09:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rustic23
Got an email that says spraying a mixture of these three things around the yard will ward off mosquitoes. Anyone ever try this? I don't mind waisting the Listerine or Epsom salt, but would hate to waste even cheap beer.
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Your first drink the beer, then spay it around the yard. Hopefully you do not have close neighbors.
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03-28-2008, 10:57 PM
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Whizzing in the back yard should be in the Bill of Rights...
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