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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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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So, you're immune to mosquito bites?

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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. 🤔

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.

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

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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Something else to check out. Thanks.

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.

Do they make a battery powered one..?? Or 12 volt...?? Would be nice down at da lake.... 😟

What Rick said. What's a mosquito again?

You can clip a battery operated one on your belt.