Recipe for flyspray?

[sloulou]

Does anyone have a 'recipe' for fly spray? Preferably that they find works!

I know lots of people make up their own and seem to involve variations on vinegar and citronella.

would like to make up something myself as I get fed up with buying rubbish fly spray that costs loads and isn't very good...

I know is early for flies

 

[anija]

a friend of mine in SA (where flies are a mass on farms) found that if you boil garlic until it is super soft and in a pulp form, drain the 'juice' and use it to wash your horse with, it will keep the flies away from them - it does not smell too bad and will go away after the first day or so.
Have not tried it yet myself.

 

[rema]

I have never brought fly spray i have always used this recipe!.

1x 10ml bottle of Citronella.
1x 500 ml of Malt vinegar (cheapest).
6 teabags.
empty 2ltr coke bottle.

Boil kettle,put teabags in large jug.pour in boiling hot water.Leave to go cold.When cold pour in Vinegar,Citronella and stir.Then pour into empty coke bottle.then put into Spray bottle as and when needed.And all for about a quid.It works brilliantly.Some people put in a small glug of washing up liquid but it's up to you!.

 

[sloulou]

Thanks! Will give the citronella one a try!

Also heard garlic good for bugs - but thought you fed it - washing is a new one on me!

 

[buzzles]

I use distilled water and tea tree oil. About 10 drops per litre and shake it well before you spray it on, works amazing- my sister used at camp and her pony was the only one with no flies around it!! We also get plagued by horse flies in the summer because we are surrounded by forestry and this was the only thing that worked at keeping the little b******s at bay- and I've tried a lot of the fly sprays in the market!! Lidls was the best shop bought one and the cheapest but smells really weird!!

 

[charlottenicol]

theresa F does one that works, I used it all last summer and we can get bad flies and midgies, in the end others on yard started using it, I may have it wrong but I think it was

500ml Avon skin so soft bath oil
5 caps of detol from a 500ml bottle
1 teaspoon of each Eucalyptus, lavender, tea tree, cedarwood and citronella

Make to to a litre in a spray bottle and off you go, good for us humans especially when our west coast midgies get going.

As I said I think thats right please someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[dwi]

I use 500ml strong tea, 50ml citronella, 2 tbsp vinegar and 1 tbsp washing up liquid. I spray that on and then rub some vaseline on the really prone bits like her tail and teats. If you rub the vaseline in after you have sprayed it seems to hold the scent and it lasts all day

 

[passie]

Wow, I'm really impressed by all these - I don't know which one to try first! When we were kids we used to try to outrace the flies. You would look back across the field and see a black cloud chasing you! The b******s always caught up though!

 

[JustKickOn]

friends mum put 1 part vinegar to 5 parts water and that works. pongs like hell though. alos garlic in the feed helps too.

 

[maisie]

I use this recipe which works brilliantly:

6 strong yorkshire t bags
6 peppermint t bags
2 sliced lemons
3 crushed garlic cloves
handful fresh rosemary
all above sogulated in 4 litres boiling water and left overnight then strain 'juice' off.
add 12 drops citronella, eucalyptus, cedar wood and tea tree oil, squirt washing up liquid, 5 caps dettol and 250mls vinegar.
Makes about 5 litres, smells ok and keeps for ages!!!

 

[sloulou]

Thank everyone - really aprreciated! Might make aup a selection and test them all out

 

[tanyatag1]

i simply just mix cintronella oil and water! its so much cheaper and works just as well as the products from the shops x