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Natural Pest Remedies: Cleaning the kitchen is a big job. Because there are many types of food items and greasy utensils in the kitchen. Moreover, food falls on the walls while cooking. All these things attract insects like flies, ants and cockroaches. It is very difficult to get rid of them. Some of its results are as follows.
Some useful remedies of onion and baking soda… Mix baking soda in onion pieces and keep them near the pests. Onions attract pests, but baking soda kills them. To prepare this solution… First of all, cut a small onion and cut it into small pieces.
Put all this in a bowl and add two tablespoons of baking soda. You can also add some sugar if needed. This will attract even more insects. Mix all three well and keep this mixture in those parts of the kitchen where insects are most prevalent.
Insects often search for food based on the smell of their surroundings. The sulfur smell emanating from onions signals the presence of food to insects. This is why insects like flies, ants and cockroaches are attracted to onions.
Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) does not attract insects on its own, but when mixed with onions it becomes toxic to insects. Baking soda causes chemical reactions in the insects’ digestive systems, causing gas to form in their bodies. In short, the mixture of onion and baking soda has severe effects on the digestive system of insects.