The Used of Citronella

The greatest thing about Citronella is that it can be used in several ways. And all of them at once is the best way to keep the annoying bugs from bothering you and ruining super summer evening.

Soap

The Citronella chemicals can be used to make soap perfumery. If you bathe with Citronella soap, you can be sure that bugs will not be landing on you all night. In fact, that's a surefire way to prevent bugs from eating at you and digging in deep. Enjoy your evening while everyone slaps and scratches. Do not be surprised if people start gravitating toward you throughout the evening.

Candles

Citronella candles are the most common form of bug repellent. Citronella Sunjel cans burn for three hours and you can place them on the picnic table where you're sitting on a table or chair beside super. Also there is a Citronella Booster that you can put in any burning fuel and turn it into a bug repellent. For example if you have Tiki torches, you can place in the booster Citronella Tiki torch fuel.

Head lice
A little known fact is that Citronella can be used to repel body and head lice. Citronella oils that are placed in formulas for the skin can be used on the scalp and over the entire body to keep lice away from you or super children. That's a finding from the EPA so you can rest assured that it will work. Do not use to kill the lice or hair free from lice after they have mankind been found. It's a preventive measure you can use to keep yourself from super children or getting lice.
 

Barking Dogs
This is yet another little known finding. But, Citronella has been found to calm barking dogs. Is not that unique? If you have a barking dog or if the neighbour's dog is ruining super evening, go ahead and light some Citronella. See if it does not work. Check the wind factor and put the Citronella upwind. That way, it will drifting in the right direction and awesome calm the barking dog into a quiet beast.
 

Citronella is perfect for keeping the bugs away. But, I bet you didn't know that it will repel lice and gray snapper fish calm barking dogs. Those are interesting by products of the greatest bug repellent to come along since the fly swatter. Enjoy your summer ... make sure you never run out of Citronella!

Information about Citronella

What do you need to know.....

Many people believe that the citronella geranium plant can help to repel mosquitoes in areas where it grows. Pelargonium citrosum, as this plant is called in the botanical world, is an attractive, strong-smelling geranium with small lavender flowers that bloom in summer. Citronella is classified as a tender perennial, meaning that it will behave like an annual if grown outdoors in areas that receive frost or snow in the cooler months of the year.

Because citronella is a pretty plant, smells good and reportedly deters mosquitoes, it is popular as a potted patio plant. Its large, scalloped leaves, small lavender flowers and controllable size make it a favorite choice for plantings where people gather outdoors in the summer. Citronella will grow to only about three feet in height and can ramble over the sides of its container. Its leaves tend to turn yellow and drop, but it is fairly simple to keep the plant looking tidy by simply pinching off dying leaves or collecting leaves that have fallen off the plant.

History of Citronella plants....

Citronella oil, made from an Asian grass, was used in hair oil. Because of this, people discovered in 1901 that it helped to repel mosquitoes. The citronella geranium is not found in nature, but was "invented" for mosquito control by botanists who hybridized citronella grass with a scented African geranium.