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How a Leafy Folk Remedy Stopped Bedbugs in Their Tracks
NY Times ^
| 4/9/13
| Megan W. Szyndler and Catherine Loudon
Posted on 04/12/2013 8:50:30 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Which bean plants do they use for the piercing leaves? My cousin has a bad bedbug problem in his apratment building.
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posted on
04/12/2013 8:56:40 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: LibWhacker
It would have been helpful if the author had stated which variety of bean leaves - lima, green, pinto, fava?
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posted on
04/12/2013 8:56:53 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: LibWhacker
Isn’t this similar to what borax?? does to fleas?
A few years back, I had a pretty bad flea infestation. (No pets, but there were tons of feral cats hanging around)
I bought a 3 lb jar of this stuff called “Fleabusters”
Still have almost 3 lbs!
Only used maybe two tablespoons of the stuff spread around and NO FLEAS! The fleas BIT THE DUST!
Orthoboric acid, 64%
Not cheap, $45 for 3 lbs, but genocide for fleas!
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posted on
04/12/2013 8:56:56 PM PDT
by
djf
(Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: bgill
"It would have been helpful if the author had stated which variety of bean leaves - lima, green, pinto, fava?" The video linked in the article identifies them as kidney bean leaves.
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:03:44 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: bgill
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:04:25 PM PDT
by
Cololeo
(`)
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:04:50 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: bgill
kidney bean leaves
you can google it
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:06:38 PM PDT
by
Reaganez
To: LibWhacker
But the commercial availability of pesticides like DDT in the 1940s temporarily halted the legions of biting bugs. As their pesticide-resistant descendants began to multiply from Manhattan to Moscow, though, I wonder if that is accurate, or if that could have been written with just a little more detail which would have made it accurate?
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:07:44 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(The lefts most effective quote-I'm libertarian on social issues, but conservative on economics.)
To: bgill
Ok, found another article that states it is kidney bean leaves and more specifically the underside of the kidney bean leaf having the hooks. Now, if only they’d said which side to place upwards. If the bedbugs crawl across the floor, then bottom side down or if they fall off from up high somewhere and onto the leaves then bottom side up. Maybe just go with half one way and half the other. Wonder if this works with other bugs? Wonder if other varieties of bean leaves work, too. Squash and cucumbers have hairy leaves but it doesn’t slow down squash bugs so there’s something unique with the kidney bean leaves. This might explain why beans usually aren’t bothered by bugs. Hmm, something to think about.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112819742/bean-leaves-natural-pesticide-bedbugs-041013/
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:08:48 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
Known colloquially as Phaseolus vulgaris L..
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:10:42 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: MHGinTN
WEDNESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) A centuries-old bedbug remedy has scientists full of beans kidney beans to be precise. The bean leaves used to trap bedbugs hundreds of years ago in southeastern Europe may offer a model for a non-toxic, modern-day treatment, say U.S. researchers. The biting nocturnal insects have invaded U.S. homes, hotels, schools, hospitals and more in recent years, causing widespread itching, burning and psychological distress. Plants exhibit extraordinary abilities to entrap insects, the studys lead author, Catherine Loudon, an entomologist at the University of California, Irvine, said in a university news release. Modern scientific techniques let us fabricate materials at a microscopic level, with the potential to not let the bedbugs bite without pesticides. Microscopic hairs on kidney bean leaves stab the insects, effectively trapping them, the researchers discovered. They are using their findings to develop non-toxic synthetic materials that will mimic the effects of the bean leaves and help prevent bedbug infestations, according to the report, published online April 9 in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:11:12 PM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(We have a rogue government in Washington)
To: bgill
The first response to the article from David B of Maryland mentioned kidney bean leaf, but he too asked which variety? So, now you know where to google.
To: LibWhacker
Whats wrong with spraying Raid? :-)
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:17:16 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Whats wrong with spraying Raid? :-)it dries up the kidney bean leaves....
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:22:36 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:31:15 PM PDT
by
JohnG45
To: MHGinTN
Another method. Search engine food- grade diatomaceous earth and cedar oil to get rid of bed bugs. I know a landlord who uses both with great success.
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:33:53 PM PDT
by
lysie
To: DesertRhino
“I remember when America was great, we used DDT and we didnt import people wholesale from the third world hellholes.”
Worth repeating.
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:47:55 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Without Deportation you have De Facto Amnesty.)
To: djf
Orthoboric acid? Is that a specialty product?
I got a 1-lb container of 100% boric acid for an ant infestation a couple of years ago for $2.00 at either Family Dollar or Dollar General.
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posted on
04/12/2013 9:49:57 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
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