🧑🍳 Instructions:
- Mix the baking soda and sugar thoroughly in a bowl.
- Place small amounts of the mixture in shallow lids or bottle caps.
- Set the traps in cockroach-prone areas: under sinks, behind the fridge, along baseboards, near trash bins.
⏱️ Result:
Cockroaches are drawn to the sugar, eat the mixture, and within less than 1 minute, the baking soda begins to react inside their bodies.
✅ This method is safe, chemical-free, and also helps eliminate ants, as they’re attracted to the sugar as well.
🧅 Recipe 2: Onion and Baking Soda Paste (Potent Trap)
Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda
Instructions:
- Chop the onion into very fine pieces.
- Mix the onion with baking soda to create a paste.
- Place the paste in small open containers or lids in dark, moist areas.
🧠 Why this works: The onion smell attracts roaches more than sugar, and the baking soda does the lethal job. It’s a perfect combo!
🧴 Bonus Spray: Vinegar and Dish Soap for Ants and Crawlers
If you’re dealing with ants or visible crawling cockroaches, here’s a quick homemade spray to kill them on contact:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 cup water
- A few drops of dish soap
Instructions:
- Mix all ingredients in a spray bottle.
- Spray directly on ants or cockroaches.
- Wipe clean after they’re dead.
🧼 This spray kills ants and cockroaches within seconds, and also destroys scent trails ants leave behind to return.
🚫 Prevention Tips: Keep Them from Coming Back
After eliminating the pests, it’s crucial to prevent reinfestation. Here’s how:
- 🧽 Keep your kitchen clean: Wipe up crumbs, spills, and grease immediately.
- 🗑️ Seal trash bins and take out garbage regularly.
- 🧴 Seal cracks and gaps around doors, windows, and pipes.
- 📦 Avoid clutter in storage areas where cockroaches hide.
- 🌿 Use natural repellents like bay leaves, peppermint oil, or citrus peels near entry points.
🧾 Final Thoughts
Cockroaches and ants may be persistent, but you don’t need toxic sprays or professional exterminators to handle them. With simple ingredients like baking soda and sugar or onion, you can kill cockroaches in under a minute and keep ants at bay — safely and affordably.
Try these methods today, and reclaim your home from these creepy crawlers!
