Black walnut limbs for fleas?
Question:My mother said that she has heard of people placing black walnut limbs under their couch or other furniture to get rid of fleas, but has never tried it. I googled "black walnut limbs for fleas" but only came up with capsule form of black walnut being given to dogs. Nothing about the limbs under furniture. Has anyone ever heard of this or know if it works?
Answers:
Walnut has tannic acid, insects don't like tannic acid, neither do a lot of plants. The problem with fleas is they breed very fast, die quickly (about 5 days). What you experience is the new fleas, the cycle goes on until all the fleas are dead. So, what ever you do, continue the treatment for about two months.
Yes. black walnut can deter fleas. Personally, I found it was not very effective and don't last very long.
I don't know about black walnut limbs, but Eucalyptus pods work well.
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