Getting Rid of Mosquitos

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Nobody likes mosquitos. Not only are they carriers of disease, but they’re little bloodsucking pests that leave behind itchy bumps that drive you nuts. But what’s the best mosquito killer, and how do you get rid of these irritating, flying menaces? Let’s discuss all the many options of environmental mosquito killers today. We’ll talk about different types, how to use them, and how to make them the most effective. I’ll go over preparing your yard in advance, too. Getting rid of these bitey bugs is possible. Let’s start! Learn More: Best Mosquito Killer: Which Is Best For Your Yard In 2018? Keep Growing, Kevin Support Epic Gardening Support Epic Gardening on Patreon Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Buy the Epic Soil Starter Organic Fertilizer! How do you super-charge your soil with good, inexpensive organic matter? That was the question I sought to answer when I designed this custom-mixed fertilizer with my friends over at Garden Maker Naturals. It's designed to take your ordinary raised bed garden soil and give it enough organic matter to kick-start your growing season. Order Your Epic Soil Starter Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the show.
0:03.0	Today we are talking about a super annoying pest that I just absolutely hate right now.
0:08.0	I can't hate it any more than I hate it, and I think almost everyone hates it.
0:11.0	And that would be the mosquito.
0:13.4	So there's this new species of mosquito in San Diego
0:16.8	that Aedes mosquito that is tiny and it can actually reproduce in
0:22.0	a cap full of water so it needs a lot less water to
0:25.2	reproduce and it it attacks people in different ways than other mosquitoes do so I've
0:30.3	just been getting destroyed by these and it's super annoying.
0:33.4	So I was going to talk about the best ways to get rid of mosquitoes or how to kill mosquitoes.
0:38.8	So if you don't want mosquitoes around, it's not enough to just get mosquito repellent.
0:46.6	Like for most people, wearing a mosquito repellent is actually plenty, but sometimes it doesn't work for people and sometimes you know if you have
0:55.2	kids or if it's a persistent problem you don't want to be putting on the skater
0:59.0	appellant 24-7 365.
1:02.5	Certainly if you have pets, you're not going to be spraying your pets with mosquito
1:06.8	repellent, especially because it's just not going to work that well.
1:09.3	They're a lot hairier than we are.
1:12.0	So before we get into getting a mosquito killing device of some
1:16.6	sort what you're going to want to do is a quick checklist of tasks to make sure
1:21.1	that you're removing areas of opportunity for mosquitoes to reproduce and feed.
1:27.0	The first one is going to be the most obvious one and that would be to eliminate standing water.
1:33.0	So mosquitoes mostly thrive in locations
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