Summer nights should be perfect for cooling off and enjoying the moonlight, but they are often ruined by annoying buzzing sounds.

As chemical mosquito repellents make sensitive people hesitate and electric mosquito-repelling pads cause breathing discomfort in closed spaces, more and more people are seeking more natural solutions.

In fact, nature has already provided the answer - these magical plants with built-in mosquito-repelling buffs can not only create a green oasis at home but also keep mosquitoes at bay.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass contains up to 70% citral in its leaves, which can form a "protective shield" with a diameter of 2 meters. This plant - based interferon confuses the mosquitoes' carbon dioxide perception system, making them like "headless flies" with their eyes covered.

Care Tips

Create a lemongrass-exclusive area on the balcony.

1. Use a mixture of terracotta pots and perlite (3:1) as the substrate.

2. Ensure 6 hours of direct sunlight daily.

3. Adopt the "water when dry" method (insert a bamboo stick to check soil moisture).

Life Hack

Soak fresh leaves in water at a ratio of 1:5 for 7 days, filter, and put into a spray bottle. Tests show that this homemade mosquito repellent can achieve an 89% repulsion rate against Culex mosquitoes (data source: "China Tropical Agriculture" journal).

Mint

The volatile nature of menthol forms a dynamic protective layer. When the leaves are damaged (such as by touching or trimming), the release of mosquito-repelling substances increases by 300%, which can be called the "stress-induced defense" mechanism in the plant world.

Care Tips

Suitable for both hydroponic and soil-based cultivation:

When cultivating in water, add 3 drops of nutrient solution weekly.

When cultivating in soil, use the hanging basket planting method to prevent excessive root spread.

Trim monthly to promote lateral bud growth.

Life Hack

Make a mint ice pack:

1. Blanch fresh leaves and squeeze out the juice.

2. Mix with pure water (1:10) and freeze into ice cubes.

3. Apply a cold compress after mosquito bites for an itch - relieving effect comparable to calamine lotion.

Lavender

The linalyl acetate it contains can block the mosquitoes' olfactory nerve conduction. Experiments at the University of Cambridge have confirmed that placing 3 pots of lavender in a 15-square-meter space can reduce mosquito intrusion by 67%.

Care Tips

Create a Mediterranean - style environment:

Use alkaline soil (pH 7.2-7.8).

Combine with red terracotta pots to enhance breathability.

Water once a month in winter.

Life Hack

Make a sleep-improving, mosquito-repelling pillow:

Fill the pillow core with a mixture of dried flowers, buckwheat hulls, and cassia seeds (5:3:2). Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine has found that this combination can shorten the time to fall asleep by 40%.

Rosemary

The eucalyptol it releases can form a mosquito-repelling "air wall." The US EPA certification shows that rosemary essential oil can repel Aedes mosquitoes for up to 4.5 hours.

Care Tips

Culinary - grade care standards:

Use food - grade organic fertilizer.

Control water 3 days before harvest to increase essential oil concentration.

Use the "pinching harvest method" to maintain plant shape.

Life Hack

Make mosquito-repelling barbecue skewers:

Sharpen and dry the branches. The aroma released when skewering meat can repel mosquitoes and add flavor, making it a popular tool for outdoor barbecues.

When you plant the first lemongrass on the windowsill, you are not only cultivating plants but also building a harmonious defense between humans and nature. This summer, let's replace mosquito coils with green leaves and defeat swelling with fragrance!