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bs_kwaj Offline
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So... one of these days I'm gonna retire and hope to have a nice outside cigar smoking area. The land I should get will probably have its share of mosquitos. For those of you that have outdoor cigar smoking spots, decks, patios, etc... do you use any so-called mosquito repelling plants around the area, such as citronella, marigold, basil, lavender, etc... to ward them off?

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mikey1597 Offline
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No, i'm a man
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^Lol^

We have several citronella torches and candles set up on our deck. As we're in a forested area, we tend to get a lot of mosquitoes. If your main question is whether or not they work well, I can't really answer that - I rarely get bitten. I can say that Mrs Monkey will still get some bites but my sons do not. I think if you're prone to be bitten, it's not a perfect answer. YMMV.
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For Mikey...

BigGrin

So, you're immune to mosquito bites?

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bs_kwaj Offline
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Yeah, I'd like to avoid torches and candles... but who knows.




And no, cigar smokes does not deter a mosquito.


And now I'm having de ja vu, like I've asked this before. Think

tamapatom Offline
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The best bet is to find a spot with few mosquitos. These tend to be lands that have been occupied for a long time. Site of an old homestead for example. Site should be mostly dry but partially shaded by big trees with high limbs but surrounded by open area and maybe on a slight hill or rise. You want breeze and air movement. Mosquitos hate air movement.

If you cant find the perfect land, use lots of fans. I built a porch with 6 ceiling fans and it works. I even have an antique footstool that has a fan underneath to make sure they cant land on your ankles. Mosquitos like shrubbery but it is possible to pick plants that repel mosquitos.


The only way citonella ever worked for me was being in the woods tormented by mosquitos and picking up a wild citron (source of citronella) and rubbing the juice over exposed skin.
tamapatom Offline
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A hunter friend of mine swears by thermacells.
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There are companies that sell automatic mist systems that spray a liquid made from marigolds. Sprays outdoor area once a day and works. For those who hate screens.
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I heard TW caught the Gay from a mosquito bite... Mellow
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I live in Az where the summertime temps reach 115+ and 5% RH. What is this mosquito you speak of?
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These work pretty well around here but not so much for the gnats

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/mosquito-magnet-patriot-mosquito-trap-mm4100?gclid=CJzu3ofiutMCFdiNswodZBsJ0w
bs_kwaj Offline
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Well, the land is a fixed 4 acre spot in Texas.

I've heard of the thermacells. I'll be googlin' those.

Hmmm... Marigold mist. I'll check that out too.


Back when I PCS'ed to Texas in 2012, I bought a house up in Richardson. Had a great patio with a pergola. I had 3 of those citronella spirally things that you lit up and let smoke and a ceiling fan and an oscillating fan and a clip on repellant doohickie on my belt. Also a chiminea with the Pinon wood.

I was smoking a cigar and drinking a Duvel one evening and looked down and saw a mosquito sitting on the clip on thing... sunuvabich... ;-)

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bs_kwaj Offline
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shaun341 wrote:
These work pretty well around here but not so much for the gnats

http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/mosquito-magnet-patriot-mosquito-trap-mm4100?gclid=CJzu3ofiutMCFdiNswodZBsJ0w


Something else to check out. Thanks.
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tamapatom wrote:
A hunter friend of mine swears by thermacells.

Edin508 told me about these a year ago. I got a small lantern type and had pretty good luck sitting out front last Summer.

A friend has one of those skeeter magnet things, I think it's good for a 1/4 acre, blows CO2 I think, skeeters fly toward it and get sucked in by a vacuum, dry out and die.

He has it on the far side of his pool facing his house...works well on skeeters, but no help at all with greenheads.
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Think
Do they make a battery powered one..?? Or 12 volt...?? Would be nice down at da lake.... Mellow
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deadeyedick wrote:
I live in Az where the summertime temps reach 115+ and 5% RH. What is this mosquito you speak of?


What Rick said. What's a mosquito again?
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They fog around us but it's really not enough in peak times. The marigold spayers work wonders but you gotta cover the entire fenceline. A close friend of mine had those installed a couple years ago; they spray the yard for 30min to an hour and there's usually little to no problems for the rest of the night.
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Thermacell is what we use on our backporch and we have 2 ponds on the place one is 50 feet from the porch
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DrafterX wrote:
Think
Do they make a battery powered one..?? Or 12 volt...?? Would be nice down at da lake.... Mellow

You can clip a battery operated one on your belt.
tonygraz Offline
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Bats after sunset.
corey sellers Offline
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Or purple Martins all day
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corey sellers wrote:
Or purple Martins all day



yup
corey sellers Offline
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Just wish I would have put up houses this year for them ^^^
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tamapatom wrote:
You can clip a battery operated one on your belt.

Drafter, that's the thermacell.

If you were asking about the magnet thing, I'm pretty sure my friend's version runs on a propane tank like a gas grill. But he leaves his on all the time from late Spring, not just when going outside.
The idea is to kill and clear the whole area of them bloodsuckers.
corey sellers Offline
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The fuel for the themacell is expensive you can get on ebay and buy the conair refills for a curling iron and it is the same thing that's what I did this year they give you plenty of the blue strips when you buy one but not enough butane so you end wit a **** load of the strips and not enough butane
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corey sellers wrote:
The fuel for the themacell is expensive you can get on ebay and buy the conair refills for a curling iron and it is the same thing that's what I did this year they give you plenty of the blue strips when you buy one but not enough butane so you end wit a **** load of the strips and not enough butane

in the lantern I have, I seem to get about three blue pads per butane thing, close anyway.
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I have the one you can carry and I think alot of the problem is when you cut it off it don't cut off the butane so I have started unscrewing the bottle ever night it has made a difference in the amount of butane we are using just a heads up some don't cut off like they should which means more money for thermacell
corey sellers Offline
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Or I have a piece of Chinese made shiat either way they do work
frankj1 Offline
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HA!
corey sellers Offline
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All I get Is laugh from the man that is good wif words lmao and by the way rum is good just drinking a little capt well maybe alot of captain
frankj1 Offline
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Captain Crunch?
corey sellers Offline
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Never tried drinking any of that I will have to try it some time
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Speaking of drinks, I've been thinking about pouring brown gravy in an ice tray... I'm thinking 7up might be good poured over the frozen gravy cubes... Mellow
tonygraz Offline
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Freak !
NapalmMan67 Offline
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My outdoor smoking space has a finite window of use.

When it get's warm/humid and the skeeters come out, to ward them off I head in to my temp. controlled smoke room, where it's most always a balmy 63* and 50% RH or less.

Or when it rains, or snows, or when I don't want to look at or listen to my idiot white trash hillbilly neighbors. It sure is nice to be able to retreat to the solitude and enjoy a cigar.
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