Moth balls are the simplest, cheapest answer. It's an old school remedy that really works. You can purchase them at any hardware store or possibly super market. They do have a strong odor and are not child or pet safe so use caution when placing them. Btw, moth balls will keep animals away from gardens as well as the
Moth balls are toxic and they don't work well. Research has shown that these moth protectants containing naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene don’t even do a very good job of repelling clothes moths. In a laboratory setting, these products might work to some extent, but in the real world they are almost never used in sufficient amounts or in true air-tight situations.
Cleaning your clothes before you store them away is very important since fabric pests (including carpet beetles and silverfish) prefer to feed on items that are soiled, even with just perspiration.
To repel moths we use bundles of herbs they don't like and we have also used cedar.
The smell of mothballs is horrid to say the least, and that smell in clothing is something that does not go away any too soon. it is an organic chemical compound that can cause cancer.
I would not put them in the garden as they are not child or pet safe, also you would not want them dissolving into the soil.
Years back they were thought of as a good remedy for keeping moths away, but now we know so much more about them and other effective methods with the same outcome.
Moth balls are the simplest, cheapest answer. It's an old school remedy that really works. You can purchase them at any hardware store or possibly super market. They do have a strong odor and are not child or pet safe so use caution when placing them. Btw, moth balls will keep animals away from gardens as well as the
scent is quite pungent.
Moth balls are toxic and they don't work well. Research has shown that these moth protectants containing naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene don’t even do a very good job of repelling clothes moths. In a laboratory setting, these products might work to some extent, but in the real world they are almost never used in sufficient amounts or in true air-tight situations.
Cleaning your clothes before you store them away is very important since fabric pests (including carpet beetles and silverfish) prefer to feed on items that are soiled, even with just perspiration.
Here are a lot of ideas: https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Moths
Hi Lily,
Great posts from Mogie & Chloe.
To repel moths we use bundles of herbs they don't like and we have also used cedar.
The smell of mothballs is horrid to say the least, and that smell in clothing is something that does not go away any too soon. it is an organic chemical compound that can cause cancer.
I would not put them in the garden as they are not child or pet safe, also you would not want them dissolving into the soil.
Years back they were thought of as a good remedy for keeping moths away, but now we know so much more about them and other effective methods with the same outcome.
Here is a link on the toxicity of mothballs:
http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/health.html