Roach Ball Recipe For Getting Rid Of Cockroaches
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Here are a few tips for how to get rid of cockroaches, if you have a surefire method of your own–feel free to share it with everyone and add it below.
Recipe:
White Flour
Boric Acid
Confectioners Sugar or Brown Sugar
Water
- Mix 50/50 flour and boric acid. Sprinkle in some confectioners sugar (about 1/4 of the amount of flour used). Make a dough by adding in water, don’t make it runny.
- Roll the dough into small marble sized balls and place them in corners, dark cupboards, behind heavy appliances, along floor boards and around the garbage.
Within a month the roaches should be gone.
If the infestation is particularly bad:
- Double the effort by making a mix of 50/50 boric acid and brown sugar then pour the mixture in a thick line around the entire room and entrance ways. The roaches will get the stuff on their bodies and carry it back to the nest. Once there is no trace of cockroaches left (usually within the month), vacuum up the powder.
Keep away from children and pets. If you have little ones running around, keep the balls behind furniture and heavy appliances and inside cupboards.
More tips:
- You can also use Borax as a substitute for the boric acid, but the boric acid is more effective.
- Add some bacon grease to the mixture, makes them a little more tempting and hard to resist.
- Replace old, hardened balls with fresh ones as needed.
Just use bay leaves.
I tried the bay leaves. They didn’t work for me. I put uncrushed leaves in toille(sp?) circles and tied them off with ribbon and placed them around the kitchen and bathroom. The best thing I have found is Hot Shot “bombs”. You set them off and leave for a couple of hours, go out to your favorite bookstore or whatever and come home and open the windows and I leave for about an hour and them come home and vacuum. There is no residual smell and you will see a difference. Also there is no oily mess to clean up either. I have heard about the Roach Ball Recipe before but never tried it. Hope this helps. Love the website!!! Thanks, Pam
LoL* I just finished up the roach balls and their already attacking it!Really hope this works because I also tried bombing and bay leaves.Neither worked.The bay leaves did provide them food though.
I hope they work too. Did they?
i wonder if they could be put in a plastic bag outside, close to the house, and get em before they try to get in? Leaving a little place for them to enter the bag. Has anyone tried this? We are from the north and there is nothing scarrier and more discusting than seeing one of them crawling across the floor or anywhere in here! I have tried everytinhg….even taped aLL around my windows,(clear duct tape:), anywhere I think they could get in, as we never open windows down here in fl, keep air on all year.
Nancy
Can anyone tell me where I can buy boric acid? I’m in Georgia. Thanks!!
Home Depot carries Boric Acid. Comes in a powder and costs about $4.00.
Thanks!!
Yes, it really works! I was so excited to see a difference within a few days, I applied a light mist of plain boric acid around next to walls and corners all over the kitchen to speed up the process. Then they carry the powder to the nest. We had a serious infestation and within a week there were hardly any adults. There were lots and lots of babies for weeks, but now rarely any after a month. I tweaked my recipe to include boric acid, flour, sugar, minced onion, a little salt, shortening, and a little beer. I call them roach treats. I’ve actually seen them eating it!
Yes I do not know what to do this is the first time i ever in my entire life have got cockroaches i have no idea how they even got into my apartment i live in an apartment and the site of seeing cockroaches grosses me out to the core i tried indoor Foggers from Ace Hardware store with no luck i even told my manager about my serious problem with the cockroaches and she has done jack to help me does anyone know the best way to kill cockroaches for good i heard about the roach cookie balls are those good and effective at killing cockroaches what does someone got to do to rid their house to get rid of cockroaches i am a student so i do not got much money but if i buy a product i want it to work and not fail to the job does anyone know what to do to help me out with my cockroach troubles??
I will try the roach ball. Am a firm believer in boric acid. My tip: Clean up! Inside and out. Inside: throw stuff out, Put old wanted stuff in heavy contractors bags. Scrape and vacuum floor joists. Last but not least; take the stove outside; pressure wash and degrease it.
Yes, it really works…………Thanks.
Yes, no traces of this roaches can be seen after one month of treatment. I have tried many roach remedies, even paid one company to spray our flat but to no avail. Only boric acid got rid all of them.
This shouldnt be near children Im guessing?
yes these balls do work this recipe has been around along time I was a pest control worker and I hate to say this but roachs become immune to pesticides after a period of time, and most sprays and things on the market have been out so long that these nasty little bugs have overcome these poisons and well the only thing that they seem to not develope immunity to is boric acid. and I hope this information helps those who read this also if the infestation is bad enough roachs do bite while you sleep so if those that have infestation notice little sores or bumps on thier children this is a result. and another thing to do once you place the balls out do a extreme clean in your home because roachs can live off of anything also you want to take away any other food source so that they have no other choice but the roach balls. as I said I hope this info helps all with this problem and to add to the recipe use diced onions in the batch also it really attracts them as the onion starts composing in the balls and you wont smell this happening. also WEAR RUBBER GLOVES WHILE MAKING THIS AND DISCARD ANY SPOONS COOKING UTENSOLS USED THE BORIC ACID WILL ABSORBE INTO PLASTICS SO DO NOT REUSE THE BOWL, FORK, SPOON ECT AGAIN FOR HUMAN COSUMPTION!
uurrggg I am so sick of these bugs!!! I have been sprinkling Borax around my counter tops and it keeps them off but I notice they just go around it now. I am gonna make me a batch of roach treats in the morning!!! thanks for the tip I will post my results!!!
A friend of mine used the photo film containers. He cut the lid in half then just lay it on it’s side which allows the cockroaches to get at it easily.
Hope this helps