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  Find out how they are entering your home. See #7

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 Clean up after yourself in the house.

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 Cleaning up after yourself outside See #6

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Spray inside the house: An Invisible Gardener Exclusive!
   To get Immediate Relief from cockroaches inside the house buy 8 oz bottle of Dr Bronners Peppermint Lavender, or any other natural soap. Go to your local drug store and buy 1 oz of Citronella oil, Pennyroyal oil, Cinnamon oil or any other type of Essential oil like rose oil or tea tree oil. Mix the two together and label it  cockroach control spray. Add 5 tablespoons per quart water. Add to sprayer and spray inside house where cockroaches are seen. spray around the outside of the house. Should be done as often as needed. This is not a long term solution but will provide you immediate help. Spray or wipe kitchen counters with this mixture is fine except  I would use less inside, say 1 tablespoon per quart water is fine, stronger if you have a real bad problem. A separate label for inside is also available. The essential oil increases the effectiveness of the soap. Keeping the cockroaches away longer. Spray any areas they are seen in. If you are having a really bad cockroach problem, try using any natural dog shampoo instead that has pyrethrum.  I also like using Green Ban which is a natural shampoo with natural oils that are very effective against cockroaches.

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Spray outside the house: An Invisible Gardener Exclusive!
               Spray outdoor trash and recycling bins with any natural soap mixed with an essential oil. I especially like using  Dr Bronners Soaps. Use the same formula as in #4 to spray the containers and the area around it with. You can also use any citrus based cleaner like Citra Solv at 1 oz per quart water. Spray around the outside of the house and along any trails that you see them. See outside label below. See How to Use Dr Bronners Soap 

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Remove all spoiled fruits, vegetables, candy, cat or dog food, or any broken containers that the cockroaches can get into for food as they will eat almost any thing!  Also remove any containers that have sitting water other then your animals water. Never let plants sit in water too long, drain water trays and allow to dry. The above holds true for outside.

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After you have sprayed the inside and around the outside of the house, you then can seal up any cracks or entrances used by the cockroaches to get inside. A safe method is to use Elmers glue or any natural glue. To insure that the cockroaches do not eat into the glue I would add a little bit of boric acid, mix it well and squeeze into hole. Another method is silicon caulk. If you use this type, I would still add boric acid to prevent it from being eaten!

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Place cockroach center around the outside of the house, inside garage, under certain appliances,  for long term cockroach control. Make sure you maintain them. See Cockroach Center for more info on using.  An Invisible Gardener Exclusive!

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A good natural repellent for outside is a mixture of Natural Pipe or Chewing Tobacco, Compost, Molasses, mixed in a tea bag, allowed to sit in 5 gallons water then add Dr Bronners Lavender Soap and Citrus Oil . A good formula is to make a batch of compost tea (except you add 1 cup  chewing tobacco or any natural tobacco you have to the compost)  and allow it to sit in the sun for a few days, then the day before you use it, add 1 cup molasses per gallon tea. Allow it to sit for another day. Then add 1 cup citrus oil or citrus based cleaner like Citra Solv per gallon tea you have and add 1 cup per gallon of the Dr Bronners lavender soap. This is the liquid that you spray around the home and garden to control cockroaches outside. We have several spray formulas for outside cockroach control..

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To avoid cockroach problems remove the chemicals! 
     A healthy property will have less of an cockroach problem then an un healthy property. Learning to use soap as a natural spray repellent is important as well as learning to keep cockroaches out of the house. We can teach you these things so that you can help yourselves. Remember, the cockroaches will not go away, so learn to live with them! 

 This is your immediate help. This may or may not work on the long term bases, this depends on how good a gardener you are. If you are serious about controlling cockroaches in your home and garden, then I would suggest that you take The Invisible Gardeners Natural Cockroach Control Basic Program. We can go thru it together to help you with this problem. I have helped thousands around the world, I can help you! Or as a member you can follow the easy steps yourself!
Andy Lopez
The Invisible Gardener