Birch tar in the garden against pests - all the subtleties of proper use

Pests such as mice are unwelcome neighbors in any room. They spoil food, clothes and furniture, and also leave behind an unpleasant odor. In this article you will learn how to use vinegar against mice in the house, and also get acquainted with other tricks and nuances of treating premises from rodents.

Mice can even make holes in the walls of a house.

What harm do mice do at home?

The presence of mice brings with it the following negative aspects:

1. An unpleasant odor that is quite difficult to get rid of using simple methods. For example, ventilation. More careful processing will be needed.
2. Rodents spoil food. At the same time, they do not disdain anything: they use cereals, pasta, cheeses, sausages and more.
3. Pests' teeth grow quickly, so they need to be constantly sharpened. So mice chew on wooden, plastic surfaces, and various building materials.
4. They damage electrical wiring, telephone cables, and water pipes.
5. They are carriers of various infections and diseases that are dangerous to human life. Among them are plague, salmonellosis, typhus and more. And allergens are transmitted with particles from skin and fur.
6. Can infect domestic animals.
7. If a rodent's life is in danger, it can be very aggressive and attack first. Mice can jump up to 1.5 meters in height.

To learn how to protect your home from mice, watch the following video below:

Birch tar - benefits and harm for the garden

Using birch tar in the garden against pests is an excellent way to protect plants. It copes well with the destruction of various types of pests and prevents rodent attacks. At the same time, it does not have a harmful effect on people and pets, if you do not take into account the specific aroma. In addition to pests, birch tar can stop the development of many diseases.

Read more about whether birch tar is harmful to the soil. Birch tar does not harm the soil in the garden against pests; it is an absolutely environmentally friendly substance. The smell disappears quickly, but if direct contact of plants with tar is alarming, you can coat rags with it and tie them to pegs near the seedlings.

There are also negative aspects of using birch tar in the garden against pests:

1. Repels beneficial insects.
2. It does not dissolve in water, it is difficult to prepare a solution.
3. Concentrated tar contains allergens.
4. If clothes are stained with tar, it is impossible to wash them.

Are mice afraid of the smell of vinegar?

The smell of vinegar disgusts mice. They try to avoid him. Therefore, acid is considered effective in pest control. Moreover, rodents have very good memory. Having once realized that the place is not suitable for their habitat, they will not return there again until a new generation appears.

Acid is undeniably effective in pest control. Find out also how vinegar helps against fleas in an apartment. These recommendations will allow you to make the desired concentration of the solution against insects.

Smells that repel mice and rats

Name	Does it scare you away or not?
Mint	Yes
Lavrushka aroma	Yes
Sage	No
Vinegar of different acid percentages	Yes
Alcohol	Yes

The most effective means

Today, the best poison for mice is considered to be blood anticoagulants. These preparations are produced in different forms: grains, briquettes, granules, cylinders.

Flocumafen is considered the most effective of all anticoagulants . With its help, you can get rid of mice faster without putting in a lot of effort.

This is interesting. An anticoagulant is a substance that blocks the body’s production of proteins responsible for blood clotting. After the poison enters the stomach of mice, hemorrhage occurs in the lungs and intestines. This causes the death of rodents.

Flocumafen is contained in the Storm supplement from BASF (UK). The cost is very low: 4 briquettes will cost you about 30 rubles. One dose of the additive is enough to poison a rodent. Another remedy, Goliath (sold only in large packages), has a similar effect.

Various types of mousetraps are ineffective in controlling rodents. They are not able to completely kill all the mice that have settled in the house. These devices can only help get rid of some individuals and partially frighten other rodents, who will be even more careful and less likely to fall into baited traps.

Grains, briquettes, pellets with anticoagulant poisons are the most effective means of fighting mice

Fighting mice at home with vinegar

There are two methods you can use to control rodents: baiting and repelling. Both of them have their strengths and weaknesses.

Bait

The essence of the bait is that a poison dangerous to the animal is mixed with food for rodents. As a result of eating such a “snack,” the animals die. In this matter, grain plants and vinegar can be perfectly combined. The first component will attract mice, and the second will kill them after they eat it.

Author's note

Kirilova Olga

Be careful not to allow pets or small children to swallow the bait.

Repeller

Another effective method is scaring. Its essence is to create a negative impression among pests about their habitat and force them to leave. Most often, odors that are unpleasant to rodents are used for these purposes. One of them is the strong aroma of acetic acid.

Cleanliness and tidiness

Since the main reason for mice in the house is the availability of accessible food supply, cleanliness and order in the house is a significant guarantee that rodents will not bother you. There should be no leftover food or bread crumbs on the kitchen table or under it, and access to food storage should be completely blocked. Products should be kept in the refrigerator or cabinets in tightly closed containers.

Those who are used to buying flour in large quantities should store it not in bags, but in plastic or metal containers. The fact is that mice love to feast on flour and making a hole in the bag is not a problem for them. As an option, you can place several mechanical mousetraps next to the bag of flour. But containers, for example with a volume of 25 liters, are still the best option.

You should also always empty the trash can at night and remove pet food bowls from the floor out of reach of them and rodents.

It is necessary to keep not only the house clean, but also the attic, the yard, and all outbuildings and outbuildings.

Vinegar-based rodent control products

To treat the room against rodents in the autumn, you can place saucers with vinegar essence. During this period of time, pests are actively looking for a warm place to winter. The pungent smell of acid will repel them and prevent them from establishing themselves in your home.

Not only home premises are treated with acid. See how to treat a greenhouse with vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. And find out in what cases it is effective.

Another product can be made using flour and vinegar. A regular dining room will do.

Preparation: Add vinegar to the flour little by little until you get a mass of thick consistency from which you can form balls.

Usage: Make several circles from the resulting mixture. Distribute them throughout the room, paying special attention to those places where rodents are most found. Carry out all procedures with gloves. Otherwise, the human smell will deter rodents from the bait.

Result: Pests will disappear in 3-7 days. It is best to repeat the procedure, replacing the balls with fresh ones. In this case, the result will be permanent and the rodents will no longer return.

Vinegar balls are placed in a pre-prepared trap

Ways to fight

There are many methods for controlling small pests. Most of them were known many centuries ago. The most popular are:

• mousetraps and baited traps are not the most humane way to get rid of rodents;
• poisonous baits and poison for mice - are an effective weapon against pests, but also dangerous for the owners themselves, their children and pets;
• scaring away with loud sounds is a safe and effective way to temporarily drive animals away;
• strong and spicy odors repel mice no less effectively;
• having a cat or dog that will hunt rodents.

What is a mouse afraid of?

Lime will help protect the crop from mouse attacks. Many summer residents and residents of private houses sprinkle it on vegetable supplies stored in basements and cellars. When interacting with the saliva of a rodent, it begins to corrode the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat. If a mouse has chewed the bark of apple trees and other garden crops, the tree trunks are also covered with lime.

Boric acid gets rid of mice no worse than other remedies. Its chemical composition is harmless to humans, but has a fatal effect on small rodents. You need to make balls of boric acid, flour, raw eggs and sugar, and place these baits along the routes of movement of pests. When poison enters the animal’s body, paralysis of the internal organs occurs, and the animal soon dies.

The logical solution to getting rid of mice in a living space is to have a cat. Moreover, a pet does not have to be a skilled hunter. Cat urine helps a lot against mice. Its characteristic smell repels rodents, reminding them of the presence of a predator in the house.

The most harmless and accessible folk remedies for mice are repelling them with loud sounds or strong-smelling plants and chemicals.

How vinegar will help get rid of mice in the country

It is quite difficult to get rid of mice in a summer cottage, since their distribution area is wider. In this case, you will have to use 70% vinegar for better effect.

Author's note

Kirilova Olga

When processing, wear a mask to prevent the smell of acid from burning your respiratory tract and causing headaches.

Processing process:

1. Purchase 5-6 bottles of acetic acid 70% at once. It must be chemical and unsuitable for food.
2. Pour the liquid in large quantities into several enamel containers.
3. Place them around your dacha area. Pay special attention to the premises. Even those of them that are in desolation.

The smell will scare away the mice and they will run away. This method is suitable for processing only if you do not plan to spend the winter at the dacha. Otherwise, the strong aroma of acid will harm your own health. Processing is carried out in the autumn. In spring, you should remove all containers and ventilate the room.

There is an old kettle left at the dacha, don’t rush to throw it away. Find out how to properly descale a kettle with citric acid and it will still serve you well.

How to keep mice away from your apartment using vinegar

For the product you will need:

• vinegar essence;
• cotton balls.

Method of preparation: Moisten the balls generously with acetic acid. Squeeze a little so that liquid does not flow from them.

Application: Place cotton pads in mouse habitats. Change the balls for fresh ones every 3-4 days. Also coat door jambs, baseboards and other surfaces accessible to pests with vinegar.

Result: As soon as the mice smell an unpleasant odor, they will begin to run away en masse. Within a few days there will be no more individuals left. This method of control is also suitable for preventing the appearance of rodents.

Mice are attracted primarily by the smell of food; find out how to clean the microwave from grease inside with vinegar so that the rodents have no clue.

Have you ever fought rodents?

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Contacting special services

Exterminating rodents on your own cannot guarantee their complete elimination. To ensure accurate disposal, it is recommended to contact special services.

The use of special means guarantees the complete elimination of rodents. Services use several options for controlling mice:

1. Food poisoning substances, a bait is used, which is located in the center of the poisonous substance, the mice eat them and die.
2. Gaseous toxic substances, used in hard-to-reach areas, have a toxic structure. The death of the animal occurs from carbon dioxide as a result of suffocation.

Salt and vinegar against voles in non-residential premises

Voles are quite annoying animals that have a tendency to return even to those places that are imprinted in their memory in a negative light. This is especially true for premises in which people do not live.

In order to protect such a building, you can use vinegar and salt together. Salt causes dementia in rodents and disrupts the hematopoietic process. And vinegar speeds up the process.

In order for the method to produce the desired result, there should be no food or other food sources suitable for mice in the room. Open the packs of salt and place them in the suspected habitat of rodents. Place containers with vinegar essence in approximately the same range. The first ingredient will destroy rodents during the entire absence of humans. The second is 3-6 months until the acid evaporates.

You can get acquainted with other interesting pest control options that will get rid of the problem forever using the following video:

Folk remedies for mice: the most effective

To eliminate rodents, you can use folk advice. Below are mice repellents and recommendations for their use.

Ledum

The herb contains essential oils that have a strong aroma. Mice do not like this smell, and they leave the occupied territories. There are several ways to use wild rosemary:

1. Ledum should be planted in pots and placed in all rooms of the house.
2. You can use essential oil, add a few drops of it to the aroma lamp and distribute it throughout all rooms. It will quickly repel mice.
3. In dried form, wild rosemary should be placed in different places in the house and in mouse holes. The grass should be renewed periodically to saturate the rooms with aroma.
4. You can use dried herbs to fumigate your home.

Attention! Before you start using it, you need to be sure that wild rosemary does not cause allergies in family members.

Peppermint

For humans, this plant has a pleasant aroma, but for mice, on the contrary, it is extremely unpleasant. Must be used in the following ways:

1. Place fresh mint leaves in the corners of the house where there is a concentration of mice.
2. Using a spray bottle, spray the mint decoction. To do this, boil a few mint leaves in water, cool, and pour into a spray bottle.
3. Balls are made from essential oil. To do this, take cotton wool, roll it into small balls, soak it in oil and place it in the corners.

Coriander

In the fight against mice, the use of spices and herbs is suitable. They are effective and are good at repelling rodents. Coriander has a pungent aroma. You can use grains, twigs or make aromatic powder.

The material used should be placed in rooms where mice appear.

Blackroot

Medicinal Blackroot is good at repelling rats and mice. It is common among summer residents and has been found effective. There are several ways to use the plant:

1. A decoction of the leaves or prepared freshly squeezed juice should be sprayed on areas where mice accumulate.
2. You can put grass in rodent burrows.
3. Sprinkle the powder prepared from the roots into the cracks in the floor.
4. Place the spines of the plant seeds in rodent burrows, and they should stick to the animal’s skin. The roots and seeds of the plant are poisonous to humans and animals.

Elder

The plant has a poisonous root that helps get rid of rodents. The hydrocyanic acid contained in the roots will drive rats out of the house forever.

How to use:

• used as a decoction to treat corners of the house;
• a powder is made from the roots, which is placed in the corners of the house;
• A few twigs should be placed in animal holes.

Attention! Elderberry is not recommended for use in homes with small children as it is toxic.

Sagebrush

Has a tart smell. It has long been used in the fight against rodents as an effective means. Previously, dried grass was placed in chests with grain to control rodents in the house.

Vinegar with added ammonia

Vinegar with added ammonia should only be used in open areas of the site. The use of such a product at home is prohibited.

Ammonia and vinegar are mixed in equal proportions, bay leaves are added. After they absorb the solution, they should be placed around the perimeter of the area, which will scare away rodents from the area for a long time. You can replace this solution with boric acid; it should be placed in containers and placed along the fence.

Tansy

Tansy has a specific camphor aroma that mice do not like. Tansy is used to kill insects and rodents.

To get rid of rats, you need to prepare several stems with a number of inflorescences, tie them into bunches and place them where mice live.

Vegetable oil

You need to choose a container whose neck a mouse can easily penetrate. You need to pour a small amount of oil into the bottle itself (olive, corn or vegetable - it doesn’t matter). The bottle should be shaken so that the oil spreads to the walls of the container.

The container is installed at an angle with the neck up, so that the rodent can get inside on its own. He will no longer be able to crawl back out, since the walls will be slippery.

Butter, granulated sugar and gypsum

This method can be considered blasphemy, because the animal’s violent death occurs. You should mix 500 grams of gypsum, 200 grams of flour, the same amount of granulated sugar and add 100 ml of vegetable oil.

Place this mixture in disposable plates and place it in several places around the house. The mouse eats this mixture, the plaster in the stomach dries up and the animal dies.

Bucket with water

If it is not possible to use other methods, this method gets rid of hated rodents. Using the product you can get rid of several animals at once.

You need to cut a circle out of cardboard and place it on top of a bucket of water. Place bait (cheese, lard or bread) on the circle, and a sheet of cardboard should be placed on the side of the bucket so that mice can climb.

The bucket is placed in a place where there are a large number of mice. As soon as they reach for the bait, the cardboard will fall through and the rodents will end up in the water.

Directional adhesive

For a number of reasons, glue is considered a folk method for pest control. It is sold in hardware stores and large hypermarkets. You need to apply a little glue to the cardboard and put a small bait.

When a rodent stands on the sticky glue, it will stick, but will not be able to come off and will die in a few hours. The product is absolutely safe for pets and children.

Safety precautions when poisoning mice and rats with vinegar

Vinegar against rats in an apartment is a truly effective remedy. However, when processing, you need to take safety precautions so as not to harm yourself or others. These include the following:

1. When working with acetic acid, wear gloves, a mask, and safety glasses to prevent the product from getting on your skin and mucous membranes. Otherwise, burns or irritation may occur.
2. It is better to prepare solutions in the fresh air or in a well-ventilated room so that vinegar vapors in smaller dosages enter the body.
3. Place the bait in places that are inaccessible to pets or small children.
4. If you find a dead member of a species, remove it immediately. But only wear gloves so that infections transmitted through mice do not get to you. Disinfect the place itself.
5. Do not place repellent vinegar lotions near food. Otherwise, they may absorb the aroma and taste of acid, which will negatively affect not only the taste of the product, but also your health.

By following safety measures, you will get rid of the problem without harming your own body and others.

In the household, acid finds its use in everything. Find out what fruit acids are used for, and also read how to give apple cider vinegar to chickens if you are breeding birds.

Wear gloves even when working with 9% vinegar

How to use birch tar in the garden?

Birch tar in the garden will repel a lot of pests and rodents with its smell. It is used not only in the form of a solution or emulsion, but also in other forms:

1. Coating.
   Clay is mixed with mullein and lime, 40 grams of tar are added, mixed with water until a slurry is obtained, and the trunks of bushes and trees are coated with this.
2. Tar mulch.
   Simply put, it is sawdust soaked in tar solution. Mulch is laid out under trees and in beds.

Birch tar from the mole cricket

Birch tar against mole crickets does not act as a means of destruction, but as a repeller. It is capable of creating unfavorable conditions for the mole crickets to feed and live. The specific aroma of tar upsets the nervous system of insects. If a mole cricket has settled in the soil, it will quickly leave it.

There is no exact recipe for how to carry out the treatment and at what frequency; gardeners experimentally develop their own system. On average, it is proposed to use birch tar in the garden against pests as follows: dilute 100 ml of liquid product with 3 liters of water, you can add 1 tablespoon to a ten-liter bucket of water.

Birch tar for ants

Birch tar is often used to control ants in the garden. If ants appear in the garden, you can use the following recipe: take compressed sawdust, moisten it with a solution of birch tar and pour boiling water over it. Then they wait for the sawdust to swell. The resulting mass is laid out between the beds or placed on all ant nests.

Spraying with tar solution gives a good effect. Take a piece of tar soap, dissolve it in a bucket of water, add liquid tar (5 tablespoons), mix everything. Using a spray bottle, spray shrubs and garden trees. It's better to do this in the evening. Birch tar in the garden against pests is an excellent remedy. The insects disappear in just a couple of days.

Birch tar from onion fly

The onion fly is one of the most dangerous pests. Because of them, the bulbs rot, wither, and the leaves dry out. If the use of chemicals by the gardener is not recommended, you can use birch tar. There are several recipes for using birch tar against onion flies. If you need to scare away the pest from onion beds, 30 minutes before planting, place the bulbs in a plastic bag, add 1 tablespoon of birch tar and mix for a long time. In practice, this is done with onion sets.

There is another option: water at room temperature is poured into a 1-liter container. Add 1 tablespoon of birch tar and mix. Soak the onion in the solution for 3 hours, first cut off its tails and, if possible, remove the peel. This method is simpler than the previous one, and if there are microbes and viruses in the planting material, they will die.

Birch tar from wireworm

The wireworm destroys not only potatoes, but also other root crops. Even powerful chemicals cannot always destroy it completely. Birch tar allows you to do this without much labor. It is recommended to begin the control process even before planting potatoes. This is a kind of preventative measure.

The method of using birch tar against wireworms is as follows: make a tar solution: pour water into a 10-liter bucket and add a spoonful of tar. The composition is mixed and the tubers are sprayed with it. If the treatment has not been carried out before, you can proceed as follows: the tubers are dipped in a tar solution, only then buried.

Birch tar from the Colorado potato beetle

Experienced gardeners have been using birch tar against the Colorado potato beetle for a long time. A simple type sprayer will not work here; you need to use the old method with a regular broom dipped in a solution. The emulsion must be constantly stirred during spraying to avoid separation.

The application of the solution begins at the stage of emergence of seedlings, the frequency of treatments is every three days. In the rain and before the rain, treatment is not carried out so that the product is not washed off with water. The product does not pose a danger to people and animals; it effectively expels the beetle and does not allow new individuals to colonize.

Birch tar from moles

Birch tar has been used in the garden against moles for many years and does not pose a danger to people. Recipe:

1. You need to cut pegs from wood about 20 cm long and 4 cm in diameter.
2. The wood is coated with tar.
3. Pegs are driven around the perimeter of the entire site, the distance is 4 m from each other.
4. If moles appear again, the pegs are coated with tar again.

Birch tar - use in the garden against mice

Mice and voles are a real headache for summer residents. Birch tar from mice will help get rid of the problem. To do this, take corn, oats, wheat and mix them with tar. The oily substance should cover the grains as much as possible. Then it is laid out in small portions in mouse habitats.

If the mice become invisible, it is better not to remove the poison immediately. Let it sit for a while so the gardener can make sure that rodents are not eating it. Only after this can you be sure that you managed to get rid of the mice. You can also moisten rags with tar solution and place them in the habitats of the animals.

FAQ

When it comes to how to get rid of mice using vinegar, some people have a number of questions that need answers. To avoid them taking you by surprise, get to know the most frequently asked questions in advance.

Is it safe or not for people to use vinegar for mice?

The use of vinegar in the fight against rodents will be safe for humans if all precautions are followed during processing.

How quickly will rats and mice disappear after vinegar?

Pests begin to leave the premises after 2-3 days. They are completely eliminated at the end of the week.

Are the methods proposed in the article effective?

Not really

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How often should you repeat the vinegar treatment to get rid of mice forever?

To forget about the problem forever, the treatment procedure should be repeated once a month at first. Then reduce this number to once every six months, and then to one treatment per year.

Special equipment

Currently, the industry produces mice control products, which include: powders, sprays, pastes and various briquettes.

Poison is an effective remedy for rodents in the house

The following tools have proven themselves well:

1. Storm. After eating food, the mouse does not decompose, does not develop an unpleasant odor, and does not develop pathogenic bacteria. Produced in briquette form. Please read the included instructions before use. Suitable for use in private homes.
2. Nutcracker. The mouse repellent consists of a green homogeneous mass, the main action is as bait. If swallowed, the active substance affects the blood and breathing, the rodent suffocates and dies.
3. Rat death. The death of rodents when using the product occurs after 7-10 days. It is produced in the form of a dense mass with an attractive, pleasant aroma. It has a bad effect on the rat's breathing, the animal suffocates and dies.
4. Tsunami. Available in the form of pink tablets. The product does not pose a danger to humans or domestic animals. Acts on the cardiac and circulatory system of rats and mice, has a cumulative effect. This is the best mouse repellent.

Special means include:

1. Golyf. A potent remedy, usually used by sanitary services. The death of a rodent usually occurs within 2-3 days. The animal experiences a lack of oxygen, it crawls out into the street and dies outside.
2. Krysid. Can be used if there are pets in the house. The product is added to food as a bait. The main disadvantage is the development of immunity to this drug. After a few months, the use of this drug should be repeated.
3. Mortorad. The drug contains a poison that mummifies the corpses of animals after their death, which eliminates the appearance of an unpleasant odor. The product is located indoors. The death of the animal occurs after a few days.

Physical impact

The main type of physical influence is a mousetrap. You can make a mousetrap yourself, or you can buy it in a store. The principle of operation is to lure a rodent, then the mechanism is triggered and the animal dies.

Note! The inconvenience of using a mousetrap is the need to control it so that the dead animal does not begin to decompose.

Repellers

They are used in domestic conditions to scare away animals by exposing mice and rats to low acoustic vibrations of various frequencies. They are used in warehouses, granaries, as well as in offices and homes. The device is based on a generator that changes ultrasonic frequencies. Additionally, a lighting effect can be applied. This method paralyzes the animal, causes it to feel fear and anxiety, and the rodent leaves the premises.

The device is powered from the mains or additional power sources. Can be used in two modes “Day” and “Night”. The installation site should not be covered by large objects.

Recommendation! It should be used for about 3-4 weeks so that the rats do not lay new offspring, and the ones already laid have time to grow up and leave the territory under the influence of the repeller.

Fluffy pets

Nowadays there are fewer and fewer cats left to catch mice. They have become pets and they are not familiar with fighting mice in the house. But there are animals that still have the hunting instinct.

Often cats catch mice just out of curiosity. She will not eat it, but will only play with it. Generally, barn cats are better at catching rodents than others. This can be explained by the fact that they do this because they are hungry. It is believed that smooth-haired species are the most dexterous, since their fur is less odorous and does not repel mice.

Also, the cat should have an invisible color. And based on my grandmother’s advice, hunting animals have longer mustaches and are considered the most successful in hunting.

On a note

1. Mice are repelled by the smell of humans. Therefore, the bait should not come into contact with the skin of your hands even at the time of preparation.
2. Infections from mice are not only transmitted through saliva, bites or fleas. Some of them can be acquired through tactile contact with a rodent.
3. After treatment, check the health of your pets: they could easily catch the infection from rodents.
4. In order to get rid of pests as quickly as possible, use 2-3 control methods together at once.
5. To prevent rodents from appearing again, carry out regular treatment for preventive purposes.

Preparation of working solution

It is not recommended to use this component in its pure form due to its highly concentrated odor. Birch tar can only be used in the form of a solution. It must be prepared immediately before use, since its effectiveness is lost during long-term storage.

Making the solution

Birch tar is practically insoluble in water, but does well in alkali. You need to prepare an effective anti-rodent product using a soap solution. It can be of different concentrations depending on the number of pests.

Classic solution

To prepare a mouse repellent based on birch tar, you first need to rub 50 g of tar or laundry soap. The resulting mass should be transferred to a ceramic or glass container and filled with warm water so that the liquid completely covers it.

The product must be left for half an hour, and then add 1 tbsp. l. birch tar and mix thoroughly until smooth. After this, the resulting mixture should be diluted with a bucket of water.

The resulting composition is recommended for use in the garden to repel mice from the crop.

A universal, potent remedy

This more concentrated birch tar solution is more suitable for rat control. To prepare it, you need to fill a plastic bucket with 10 liters of water. Then add 2 tbsp to the liquid. l. ammonia and 1 tsp. iodine and mix thoroughly. After this, you need to add 10 drops of pine essential oil and ½ tsp into the water. boric acid. Separately, in a ceramic container, mix 250 ml of highly concentrated soap solution and 2 tbsp. l. birch tar. After the composition of the resulting mixture becomes homogeneous, it must be poured into a bucket with the solution and mixed thoroughly.

This product can be used in basements, attics and in the house itself to control rodents. It can also be used in the garden to protect against pests.