No Traps Needed, Here Are 5 Types Of Rat Repellent Plants At Home

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JAKARTA - The emergence of rats in the house is certainly very disturbing. Not only brings disease, the house looks dirty and unhygienic. But if you're not brave enough to use traps like glue or rat poison, maybe you can use a plant that can repel mice.

To find out what types of rat repellent plants you can use, let's see the full review below.

Sage Plant

Rats hate sage plants because this plant has a very insulating smell to the rat's sense of smell. You can choose white or green sage because they both have the same function. This rat repellent plant can be planted in all types of growing media.

Onion Plant

You can also use root crops such as onion plants as rat repellent plants. Be sure to plant it in an area of dry soil that is exposed to direct sunlight. Not only used to repel mice, onions can also repel geckos and lizards.

Soursop Tree

The part of the soursop tree that you can use to repel mice is the leaves. Soursop leaves have a pungent smell that rats don't like. You can tear some soursop leaves and spread them in different parts of the house to repel mice.

Lavender Plant

If you know lavender can only repel mosquitoes, apparently lavender also works to repel fleas and mice. The scent and color of lavender flowers do attract humans, unfortunately rats and mosquitoes really don't like the smell of lavender. You only need to cut the lavender stems and store them in several corners of the house.

Bintaro Plants

Finally, you can repel mice with the bintaro tree. Bintaro fruit has a very strong poison smell. This scent is very effective at making mice reluctant to stop by your house.