🌱 *Know ur plants and trees*
Another pest that destroys our crops and plants and is also a disease carrier is the rat/ mice fast multiplying population.
They can controlled by planting following plants/trees, the smell and strong odour of which repels them:
Garlic 🧄 plants
Mint
Peppermint
Black pepper
Green/cayenne chilli
Citronella
Gliricedia
Bay leaves
Cinnamon
Lavender
Peppermint
Castor plant
Etc
Besides growing above plants in one’s garden, a paste of the above plants can be made and mixed with water and sprayed regularly on rat infested area to make them scurry away in a humane way as rats r very intolerant of strong smells/odours.
A paste of baking soda, wheat and sugar (1 cup wheat: 2 tsp sugar and baking soda) kept in rat prone areas helps. Keeping naphthalene balls around also helps.
Placing manual and electric traps, ultrasonic sensors also deters rats.
Ofcourse, keeping place clean, free of clutter and food articles, closing the entry points r some points to follow. Pets like cats and dogs also help keep them away.
🙏 *Thank You*🙏