What do I do with a ton of mosquitoes in the grass around my raised beds?

[Guest]

SOMEONE TOLD ME: Coffee grounds.!

[Janet]

You can smolder egg cartons when you're out there. I live in a very heavily populated mosquito area, plus black flies, horse flies, Deerflies, and all of the other biting bugs. I use egg cartons and have them masking me from their sensors.

[Shane]

Soak water in misquito bits and then apply in that area, or you can sprinkle the bits on the ground there. BTi is what your looking for and is highly effective on misquito and gnats.

I've tried other BTi products but misquito bits and dunks are the most effective from what I've seen. I usually just leave the bits or dunks in a reservoir for up to two weeks and keep applying whenever.

Use a compost tea bag or paint strainer to prevent clogging up your nozzle. I believe sunlight breaks it down in a week or so, so keep the reservoir out of direct light if using that method, which is the most effective in my opinion. Omri listed and I also use that water to irrigate my plants and starts.

[Nate]

5 gallon bucket half full, some straw in it, and a chunk of a mosquito dunk.

[Nita]

I saw on FB where you have a small water garden big bowl or half plastic whiskey barrel put in it some water plants and a goldfish no pump. Larvae of mosquito feeds fish I'm going to try a few this year.

[Barry]

Permethrin and stay away for two days. Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and all other vermin will be gone. Don’t spray flowers, save the bees.

[Tina]

It's probably really wet there. I'd mow it as low as I could and see if I could landscape the area a bit better to eliminate the water problem. I've also added dry mulch to try to soak up the water that the mosquitos are breeding in. It's crazy when the ground is so wet that mosquitos breed in it!

[Joey]

Dip ‘em in chocolate