Insect Repellent Indoor Plants
Here are 13 herbs that act as natural insect repellent and how to use them.
Basil
Basil repels flies and mosquitos. Plant alongside other plants to protect them and plant a mini basil garden on a windowsill to keep your kitchen free of bugs.
Lavender
Lavender’s strongly scented flowers are known for keeping moths, fleas, and mosquitoes at bay.
Crush the flowers to release the essential oils and apply to your skin for a soothing mosquito repellent. Similarly, create lavender bouquets and hang them around to deter pesky mosquitoes — on the porch, in the family room, wherever!
Lemon Thyme
Lemon thyme is also a mosquito repellent. Unlike basil and lavender, the plant alone will not deter mosquitoes. The oils meds to be released. Do so by gently bruising the leaves to release the chemicals.
Mint
Mint repels mosquitoes. Combine with apple cider vinegar and witch hazel to make an all-natural mosquito repellent that can be sprayed on.
Pro tip: test the spray on a less sensitive part of your skin to ensure you do not have a reaction!
Rosemary
Rosemary is the ultimate garden vegetable protectant. It repels a variety of insects that are harmful to vegetable plants. Plant alongside your vegetable garden or create a gentle spray repellent.
To make the repellent, boil 1 quart of rosemary in a quart of water for 20 minutes. Strain and add to a quart of cool water.
Sage
Ever at a campfire and simply cannot get the bugs away? Simple throw a few sage twigs in the fire. The smell will immediately deter any insects in the area.
Plus, despite what the bugs think, sage smoke smells divine!
Chives
Chives repel carrot flies, Japanese beetles, and aphids. If you continue to have issues with these pests, plant chives alongside your garden to keep them away.
Dill
Dill will deter aphids, squash bugs, spider mites, cabbage loopers, and tomato hornworms. Tomatoes can be particularly tricky to keep pest-free, so pairing them with an herb that pests want to avoid is the best way to grow!
Parsley
Parsley is particularly good at repelling one pest: asparagus beetles. If you’ve encountered an issue with these bugs, plant parsley alongside your asparagus.
Thyme
Thyme is a catch-all repellent. It repels whiteflies, cabbage loopers, cabbage maggots, corn earworms, and tomato hornworms.
Garlic
Although it’s not, strictly speaking, an herb, garlic is an extraordinary plant-alongside plant. It will repel Japanese beetles, root maggots, carrot root flies, moths, and aphids.
Fennel
If you have issues with slugs or snails, fennel is your herb. As a natural insect repellent, it will also repel aphids.
Catnip
Catnip is known for being your cat’s favorite herb, but it is despised by all sorts of pests. It contains a chemical called nepetalactone that repels mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and cockroaches.
At the end of the day, herbs are a great way to repel insects and pests without having to resort to chemicals.
Insect Repellent Indoor Plants
Insect repellent herbs are very important because they are used to repel insects such as mosquitoes, ticks and flies. Insect repellent herbs come in many different forms such as oil, powder, liquid or crystals but they all have the same purpose which is to repel insects. Insect repellent herbs can be found in many different places including your backyard where they grow naturally or you can purchase them at any local garden store.
There are many different types of insect repellent herbs including lavender, citronella and catnip which are the most popular among people who use these types of products on a daily basis. These herbs have been used for centuries by people around the world because they work very well when it comes down to repelling certain insects from entering their space without having any harmful effects on humans or animals (such as mosquitoes).
List Of Insect Repellent Indoor Plants
- Garden Safe Houseplant & Garden Insect Killer Ready-to-Use 24oz Kills all stages of insects including eggs
- Kills bugs on contact
- For use on edibles up to day of harvest
- Kills aphids, beetles, caterpillars, ants, mealybugs, mites, leafhoppers, scale, thrips, fungus gnats, whitefly, adelgids, plant bugs
- Also kills sawfly larvae, psyllids, spittlebugs, phylloxera; use up to day of harvest
- Made with a botanical insecticide from the chrysanthemum flower
- Use indoors and outdoors
- Ready to use; kills on contact; measures 2.5 by 4.2 by 10.5 inches
Additional Info :
| Item Dimensions | |
| Height | 10.8 Inches |
| Width | 4.6 Inches |
| Length | 2.7 Inches |
| Weight | 1 Pounds |
- 3-IN-1 GARDEN SPRAY – Earth’s Ally 3-in-1 Plant Spray is an insecticide, miticide and fungicide. The formula effectively controls soft-bodied insects and common plant diseases with a synergistic blend of botanical oils.
- KILLS AND REPELS INSECTS – Kills common soft-bodied insects including spider mites, aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs, leaf rollers and scale.
- CONTROLS AND PREVENTS DISEASE – Controls common plant disease including powdery mildew, downy mildew, blight, canker, black spot and leaf spot.
- SAFE FOR PEOPLE, PETS & PLANET – Formulated with safe ingredients, the actives in Earth’s Ally 3-in-1 Plant Spray are thyme oil, rosemary oil, clove oil and peppermint oil. It is an OMRI Listed formula suitable for use in organic gardening.
- PROVEN BEE SAFE – Earth’s Ally is committed to protecting our pollinators. Every formula is independently tested and proven safe for the bee population.
Additional Info :
| Item Dimensions | |
| Weight | 1.5 Pounds |
- HOUSEPLANT INSECT CONTROL – These ready-to-use granules are meant for controlling insects and pests affecting your indoor plants. Unlike other products, this is designed to protect containerized plants.
- NO ODOR – Unlike most other chemical pesticides and herbicides, this bug killer does not have an odor, so using it in your home will not stink up your furniture, clothing, or rooms.
- TREATS MANY BUGS – This product is a capable treatment for mealybug, termite, aphids, Japanese beetles, and more. Be cautious of certain bugs or animals that eat your plants. Bees and pets may be harmed if the product is ingested.
- FOR NON-EDIBLE PLANTS – This insect killer treatment is not meant for vegetable or fruit plants. This product is labeled for use on flower beds, roses, shrubs, and the like, but it is not labeled for use on any edibles.
- HOW IT WORKS – After incorporating the granules into the soil and watering them in, the pesticide is absorbed by the roots where it moves through the plants to assist in protection against the listed bugs. Protection lasts for up to 8 weeks.
Additional Info :
| Color | white |
| Item Dimensions | |
| Height | 6.3 Inches |
| Width | 2.8 Inches |
| Length | 2.8 Inches |
| Weight | 0.7 Pounds |
| Release Date | 2021-10-05T00:00:01Z |
- Complete Protection – Kills Spider Mites, Insects, and Fungal Disease
- Safe around Plants, People, and Pets
- Effective Premium Ingredients – Based in Nature
- US-Farmed Peppermint Oil
- For Garden, Indoor Plants, and Crops
Additional Info :
- Yellow sticky traps: our yellow sticky gnat trap’s bright color attract flying insects, and high quality glue keeps them from escaping. Our fruit fly killers’ specially designed for flying plant bug pests. Our gnat killers are great for outdoor or indoor plant, especially potted plants.
- Multiple packaging: we have different packing methods for large quantity and small quantity for plant sticky gnat traps, our fungus gnat sticky traps and fruit fly traps indoor can meet your different requirements. The more the quantity, the cheaper the price.
- Easy to use: the yellow sticky traps for plant gnats with sharp bottom can be inserted directly into the soil, and our fungus gnat sticky traps can avoid the trouble of tying ropes or hooks.
- Safe and non-toxic: our house plant sticky gnat trap use bright colors and glue to catch pests, the plant gnat killer for indoor has no odors and harmful drugs. The cute bug killers and fruit fly traps are safe for people and pets.
- Long lasting: our sticky traps for gnats with a very strong adhesive, and our house plant fruit fly killers are uv resistant and waterproof. No need to replace the sticky gnats killers indoor until the yellow fungus gnat sticky traps and bug catchers are fully covered with bugs.
Additional Info :
| Color | Blue |
| Item Dimensions | |
| Height | 1 Inches |
| Width | 1 Inches |
| Length | 1 Inches |
| Release Date | 2020-01-06T00:00:01Z |