Bed bugs are one of the most difficult pests to eliminate because they are quite resistant insects, in addition to hiding in many parts of the home that are difficult to access in most cases, being common that they go unnoticed when trying to locate where they are. To this is added that they spread rapidly, producing rapid contamination of the room in a short time. To avoid it or to kill bed bugs, there are several solutions that exist. Mainly, they focus on using quite strong chemical agents because it is the most effective way to eliminate them. However, you can also use other tricks to have a bed bug-free home. In fact, there are some natural remedies that can help keep them away from home.
Clove is one of them, being also one of the most used and effective products. From a HOWTO, we explain how to use cloves for bed bugs so that you have the house free of these insects.
Properties of cloves to kill bed bugs
Among the different natural remedies that are used to get rid of bed bugs in the home, the clove is one of the most popular and it also has the particularity of being the most effective.
The reason for this effectiveness lies in the fact that this spice gives off a very strong odor that, in general, insects cannot bear. Surely, you already know this use because cloves are widely used so that there are no flies or ants. But its properties go further because this product acts as a natural repellent for most insects and their pests. And bed bugs are no exception.
Anyway, it must be clear that cloves are more effective at keeping bed bugs away than to kill them, although it can also kill them. In addition, the advantage of cloves is that it can be used in combination with other treatments, including chemicals. Thus, you have the option of using them simultaneously.
Clove essential oil to eliminate bed bugs at home
Cloves can be used in various ways such as bed bug remedy, which are what we usually find in any corner of the house and more often on beds and sofas. However, there is a way that is especially effective. It is the essential oil of cloves, which has the advantages of a conventional insecticide, but without the disadvantages of having components that can be toxic to us or our pets and that, therefore, are not suitable for use at home because cause health conditions.
The beneficial effect of clove oil against bed bugs it is triple. On the one hand, as we have mentioned, there is its smell, while on the other hand its pH is acidic, which makes bed bugs not immune to it. In this way, it kills these insects or, at the very least, drives them away.
But, in addition, in this essential oil there is a component that is key. It is eugenol, which is a substance that kills bed bugs, being the base that is used in many insecticides.
The mode of using clove essential oil for bed bugs It is very simple. You just have to mix a teaspoon of the essential oil with a cup of water. This mixture is sprayed on the affected areas for which you can help yourself with a container in the form of a spray. If you need more quantity, you can prepare more solution maintaining these proportions so that effectiveness is not lost. In addition, this formula is also ideal as a preventive treatment.
With this other oneHOWTO article you can learn how to make clove oil.
How to use cloves to prevent bed bugs
Clove can be used in other ways against these parasitic insects, although in these cases it acts more as a way to prevent bed bugs and they do not spread throughout the house if they have already made their presence in the home. In this way, for prevent bed bugs with cloves you can use:
- Whole and dried cloves: These cloves act as a repellent so you should place them in the areas where you do not want bed bugs to enter or spread or for those rooms in which you have already applied some treatment so that they do not reappear.
- Cloves plus cinnamon: the mixture of certain odors that bed bugs do not support is another good solution to use as a preventive method. You just have to mix the two products and prepare a few bags with a cloth that allows the smell to spread. These sachets are put where you do not want bed bugs.
- Water and cloves: preparing a mixture of water with crushed cloves to spray the house with this liquid is also effective in preventing bed bugs. It is not a matter of making an infusion, but of letting the cloves rest in the water and then using it with a spray.
With these tips on how to use cloves for bed bugs you can keep these insects away from home. From unCOMO, we advise you to always go to a professional and put yourself in the hands of experts to help you solve this problem and indicate the most appropriate guidelines.
