[Rhodes22-list] Stuff that works - pest control solutions

Jim Connolly jbconnolly at comcast.net
Tue Jul 28 22:01:17 EDT 2009


I had hornets and wasps in the coaming right before launch, so I needed a
fast solution.  

I found a non-toxic wasp killer spray that is based on mint oil ("poison
free" from Victor Pest Control).  It took a whole can, but seemed to work.
The smell repelled or confused returning wasps, and those that were home
when I sprayed (at least some of them) died.

Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of John Lock
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:29 PM
To: Rhodes 22
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Stuff that works - pest control solutions

Last year I had a couple of pest problems that many people responded too
with helpful suggestions.  Here's what my results were -

1) Problem - spider webs in the rigging (especially masthead fly) Solution -
WD40.  I had the mast down early this spring to fix several things.  Before
raising again, I sprayed WD40 liberally on the masthead, Windex, VHF
antenna, and diamond stays.  So far (5 months
later) not a single web!  Still get them down lower where I didn't spray, so
we know the spiders are still there.  But they don't want to (or can't)
start webs on the WD40 treated portion.

2) Problem - paper wasps building nests under the cockpit coaming Solution -
clothes drier sheets.  Middle of last summer I stapled a bunch of drier
sheets into the wood backing up under the coaming on both sides.  No wasp
nests have appeared in almost a year now.  I see some more wasp activity
now, so I suspect it's time to renew the sheets.  But that's a cheap and
effective control.

Now if only I could figure out what to do about the ants coming aboard from
shore....

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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