Experiment:
can drinking catnip tea every day
beginning in early Spring
make the human body
inherently repellent to mosquitoes?
To the best of my knowledge, this is unprecedented research.
I shall report my results.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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I read online catnip's nepetalactone is ten stronger than DEET (Science Daily). I didn't find anything about drinking the tea. Spraying it is what I read.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you can drink it?
I know sulfur pills are used to repel chiggers and mites. Your tea is a mystery to me.
I'm sure I can drink it. The hypothesis re mosquito-repelling is entirely my own.
DeleteNever heard of such a thing. Good luck with the experiment.
ReplyDeleteSee? UNPRECEDENTED! Doing science here, yep.
DeleteI remember feeding garlic to my dog to try to mosquito proof her. They bit more than ever, so I supposed I'd presented them with flavored dog. I wonder if you'll find you're attracting all the local cats, what with the flavoring and all. In top of D and M that is.
ReplyDeleteThe organic catnip plant grew vast last year - became a shrub, really - so if that didn't attract guest cats, I think I'll be safe :) I'll be careful though. The first danger sign would be if Moxie begins an acrobatic performance as she did while helping me harvest the catnip :)
DeleteI must admit my first thought was to wonder if you were trying to attract every cat for miles around. Will be interested to hears the results of this highly scientific testing!
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