Re: Chiggers! OMG! Help please!

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Have you tried using diatomaceous earth outside and borax inside?

Maybe diluted garlic and jalapeno spray would help, too.

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Try Black walnut tincture.karly11us <tattybearfreak@...> wrote: I am infested with chiggers! I am going nutty! I've lived in the country for years, so I've tried MANY things, which I will list, but nothing is working, and I am going batty! Okay, I have taken bath's with pinesol in it, bath's with bleach in it, epsom salt, sea salts, chigger X, chigger guard, tea tree oil, mouthwas, toothpaste, soap, spit lol, alcohol, perfume, nail polish, vaseline, even nose spray! My last shot tonight is wintergreen oil, it burns like wooowee! , and it offers some releif for a short time. Does anyone have any sure fire remedies for these little devils? I would even appreciate, and try, any suggestions too! I am desperate. Thanks for reading =0) Karly Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats

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also try Itch Relief Salve (Good for poison ivy, poison oak)1 pint Sweet Olive Oil2 ounces Beeswax1 tablespoon Chickweed Powder1 tablespoon Comfrey PowderPut chickweed and comfrey powder into sweet olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax. Pour into salve jars or tins.karly11us <tattybearfreak@...> wrote: I am infested with chiggers! I am going nutty! I've lived in the country for years, so I've tried MANY things, which I will list, but nothing is working, and I am going batty! Okay, I have taken bath's with

pinesol in it, bath's with bleach in it, epsom salt, sea salts, chigger X, chigger guard, tea tree oil, mouthwas, toothpaste, soap, spit lol, alcohol, perfume, nail polish, vaseline, even nose spray! My last shot tonight is wintergreen oil, it burns like wooowee! , and it offers some releif for a short time. Does anyone have any sure fire remedies for these little devils? I would even appreciate, and try, any suggestions too! I am desperate. Thanks for reading =0) Karly Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats

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Both are pet and child safe. Be sure the DE bag says food grade; if

it doesn't, it isn't. You can try eating more garlic, too, so you're

not so tasty to the chiggers, lol. They might not mind, though,

if they're that bad.

I put 3-4 garlic cloves and a jalapeno in the blender with 1-2 cups

water and whir til everything is well ground. It can be used

immediately but gains strength " steeping " in the fridge in a glass

jar with more water added after the blender part, esp if heated first

to release volatile oils.

About the most I've ever put in a 32-oz spray bottle of water is a

tablespoon WITHOUT the jalapeno for misting it around legs and arms

for me; hubby tolerates the kind with jalapeno. I wouldn't spray

directly on the skin, and probably starting with less is better than

with more, maybe a teaspoon. Diluted garlic 'spray' alone is pretty

potent stuff, but you might have to play with the mixture because

chiggers are really determined.

Using too high a concentration will brown-spot foliage and kill more

delicate plants.

You could also try some citrus peels in the blender for a much milder

citrus oil product. Just remember to use less rather than more in a

dilution. Citrus oil can be purchased, too. A drop or two of liquid

dish soap emulsifies citrus oils with water.

We had a flea infestation a few years ago; hubby sprayed the house

with just the garlic mixture liberally after we cleared out and then

sprayed the ground outside with the strained mixture in one of those

hose attachments to get the dilution. There was some brown spotting

but the infestation was so bad, I didn't care. It worked fast and

well. Needs repeating especially outside, though, the eggs lie

dormant in the ground.