Roaches are very hard to get rid off. The most obvious and crucial thing in fighting them is to keep the apartment /clean. Do not leave any food overnight on countertops, tables, sinks etc. This is a major roach magnet. A good idea, but sometimes impossible to do, is to cover ALL holes that roaches might be coming through. Grab a spatula, some compound or plaster and cover every single hole (You can also use silicone). Making an environment where they will not feel comfortable and will not have plenty of food is the key to get rid of them. If you’re living in a big apartments building, you must double your efforts, and still you might not be able to get rid of them totally. Roaches are wanders, so if one of your neighbor has them there is a big chance that they will visit you too. If it is possible try getting neighbors all together to fight roaches (hire an exterminator that will visit the building once a month and spray the apartments?)
There is plenty of chemicals, traps, poisons, sprays for insects that you can use yourself. Insect Glue boards help you catch roaches, some chemicals kill them instantly or just repel them. Boric Acid works two ways. It may be digested or carried to the nest.
When a roach walks in to the white powder, he will carry it on his feet and to the nest where the small roaches will it and die.
Besides just pouring the powder you can make special baits.
Boric acid – Bait #1
1. Buy boric Acid.
2. Boil 2-3 potatoes (cut them in to plasters)
3. Pour boric acid on potatoes
4. Put overnight where roaches are seen
5. Pick the bait in the morning.
6. Repeat.
Boric acid – Bait #2
1. Buy Boric Acid
2. Boil 2 eggs for about 2 hours (they need to smell intensively!)
3. Boil a potato.
4. Squash potato and Eggs together adding Boric Acid
5. Formulate small rolls and put them on routes of roaches (make sure to put them in all warm places)
6. After couple of days roaches should be gone.
Using Boric Acid is a very cheap and effective method of fighting roaches; however as I said before, clean house is crucial.
There is plenty of chemicals, traps, poisons, sprays for insects that you can use yourself. Insect Glue boards help you catch roaches, some chemicals kill them instantly or just repel them. Boric Acid works two ways. It may be digested or carried to the nest.
When a roach walks in to the white powder, he will carry it on his feet and to the nest where the small roaches will it and die.
Besides just pouring the powder you can make special baits.
Boric acid – Bait #1
1. Buy boric Acid.
2. Boil 2-3 potatoes (cut them in to plasters)
3. Pour boric acid on potatoes
4. Put overnight where roaches are seen
5. Pick the bait in the morning.
6. Repeat.
Boric acid – Bait #2
1. Buy Boric Acid
2. Boil 2 eggs for about 2 hours (they need to smell intensively!)
3. Boil a potato.
4. Squash potato and Eggs together adding Boric Acid
5. Formulate small rolls and put them on routes of roaches (make sure to put them in all warm places)
6. After couple of days roaches should be gone.
Using Boric Acid is a very cheap and effective method of fighting roaches; however as I said before, clean house is crucial.
