I am growing a mosquito repellant

I'll have to see if it will grow here, it's a good thing to keep close to the house. Peppermint repels ants and Catnip repels mice, just figured I'd throw those in in case you didn't know.

We are living in a mosquito infested area and we make use of a electronic device to kill them, we also make use of Citronella oil burners. But it is good to know about the lemon balm. I make use of Tea Tree every day of my life. I burn it, use it as a disinfectant, and successfully treated a dove that was crippled with warts on her legs, I swear by my Tea Tree!

Hiya pal , I have never heard of this plant , Is it only grown in your country? sounds good though , I wish you could have posted a picture so I could have seen what it looked like xx

No—but what a great idea- I’m all for keeping those pesky insects away- and to be able to do it without any chemical is wonderful- Where do I get some??

Oh that is great to know! Next year, I will plant a few tubs and sit them around our pool area! At night we have a bad problem when we are out by the pool. It is already too far into this season. Seems someone here in the neighborhood mentioned having some one year...said it took over everything. Perhaps that is why you have it in a tub? It is a memeber of the mint family isn't it?

wow this is good news for me cause i hate mosquito and I will try your advise. If you really got the new mosquito repellant, please sell one botol for me and if it is good, I will be one of your distributors... hehehe.

I have heard of that plant. I never tried getting one myself, but my Dad and step-Mom kept one on the porch they sat on every night. They used to say they thought it worked pretty good for repelling the mosquitos. They had one plant on each table that was next to their chairs. I've often wondered if I'd get the same effect (repelling mosquitos) by placing potted marigolds around on the porch. They are so effective in the garden for repelling most other bugs. Hadn't thought about it this season until you brought this up about the other plants. Hmmmm, maybe I'll just have to give it a try and see. Thanks for bringing up the name of that plant. They used to just call it 'mosquito plant', so it's nice to know the real name of it so I know what I'm looking for! (ps: if this has posted twice, I apologise. I posted it a couple of minutes ago and got a run-time error, so I'm trying again)

We tried growing many herbs but found that they require more sun than our area has. Love the mosquito plant.

I have not hread of this. My husbsand is really into mosquito repelant, as he gets bitten a lot, unlike me.He uses Picaridin which is non greasy & natural. I have a lemon tree. I guess I could make lemon balm. Interesting.

I've never tried to use herbs other than what I use to cook with. I've always been fairly healthy, other than my back problems and watching my blood pressure. I'll have to check into the lemon balm as a mosquito repellant though, because we definately have a problem with them here in Arkansas. It's our state bird you know.