Where to buy citronella plant
Which Is The Real Citronella Plant? Does It Repel Mosquitos?
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good afternoon are these plants that
they're selling in the big box stores
marketed as mosquito repelling plants
called citronella the real deal or not
stick around and we'll let you know this
point behind me is number of the
geranium family and it smells beautiful
smells very citrusy it is marketed and I
purchased it at a local big-box store as
a mosquito repelling plant oh I can tell
you I'm sitting right next to it it does
nothing
mosquitoes are still attacking me this
plant is not what they extract the real
citronella from real took citronella oil
comes from the lemongrass family it's a
grass I believe it also comes from an
African geranium plant and those do work
I have here in my pocket
a bottle with two ounces of water and 60
drops of citronella essential oil in I
spray this on my skin this works like a
charm if you want a mosquito repellent
this is beautiful it does work very well
this plant however and I got fooled I
got to tell you this plant does not
repel mosquitoes at all it may recall
some other bugs and do some other
beneficial things for a garden but
repelling mosquitoes is not one of them
this plant and I'm going to have to read
it here because I butcher the Latin
names
pelargonium Sutro 'some is not a
mosquito plant a mosquito plant
essentially the real citronella is Congo
Hogan citrate tests
say that 10 times fast my pronunciation
is terrible forgive me but if you
purchase this plant in your big-box
store put it in your garden and notice
that they're still mosquitoes everywhere
that is why this plant is not the deal
not the real deal unfortunately it's
very prolific actually I bought it as a
plant about this big and look at it it's
only a couple months and it's going like
gangbusters I think it's got a little
bit of blight here but it's so prolific
it really doesn't doesn't matter so
anyway don't be fooled do not buy this
plant at the store unless you like it
it's a pretty looking plant and it's
both nice I mean it's very aromatic
especially when you rub it and break it
off but I can acknowledge this candy
here without even even doing that but if
you want to repel mosquitoes you're
going to have to get the lemongrass now
the lemongrass is not cold hardy even
though it's a perennial it will you know
come back in most well I'm not going to
say which zones
southern zones higher zones nine eight
you have to go and do your research on
that but it's not cold hardy so it's
going to die back during a frost and may
or may not come back for you but if you
want to repel mosquitoes around your
house that is what you need to get
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