Water Gardening: Mosquito repellent for yard, 1 by rose_hip

rose_hip wrote:
Hey Jim, I would suggest trying some if not all these suggestions, many we have used too and had good
success with. If you have a pond your going to want to be outside alott,(for years to come) if your outside alott you're going to be constantly battling mosquitos and bugs as we are down here in the swampy Florida sub tropics where
mosquitos love to breed! (and bite!) I know your looking for imediate releaf but start thinking of next years pond time too. Look into putting up some bat houses, check into the "Mosquito Magnets",(seriously) we had one a few years ago and for the first year it worked great!! (worth the big bucks) Thanks MotherMole for the repair info and early problems
correction information!! The two things that work best for us now (with no ill effects on fish) are the mosquito dunks
in anything that can hold water, potted water gardens, plastic saucers under pots, watering cans, bird baths, ect...
Ok now our favorite new mosquito weapon is the Black Flag Mosquito Yard Fogger, they run about 60 to 70 bucks
and can be found at home depots down here. There are two kinds, the propane type which we have and the electric one which requires a long extention cord. Now we got one of these two years ago and have been fogging off and on since, everywhere around the yard, ponds, and gardens with no, No fish problems! Now up untill a few months ago I did my best to not fog right next to the pond or not to fog so close that the fog would drift over the pond. But, it would sometimes anyway(!!) and I would worry...but no problems! So now I even fog right over the pond in the small trees where the mosquitos like to hide, also around the back and sides...no problems. It's such a fine fog or mist and most of it seems to blow up and away after a few seconds but when it;s not windy at all i guess it stays around just lond enough to effect the mosquitos and bugs because it does really help!! The fogging doesn't last very long, (it's just a fogging) your neighbors mosquitos can fly over later and be fine, simply fog again, that's the beauty of this thing it's
refillable so your not spending 7 or 8 bucks on cans of cutter or yard guard everyday! The refill jug runs about 10$ and can last weeks depebding how often you need to fog. Whenever we are going to be working outside or having people over I go out early in the morning and fog about for 30 minutes and it can cut down the misquitos by 80 to 90%!!!
So, just though I'd pass all this along, these are our methods and what works for us, hope this helps.
Happy Gardening, and Ponding, Terry.