All I can say is that I have lived in my current home for over 18 years and from day one, come June 1st, I was unable to even go in my backyard without getting covered in mosquitos. I tried so many different solutions and nothing worked. 3 weeks ago, I put an ounce of dawn in my sprayer with water. I waited until the lawn was dry and misted all around in my garden and grass and within a few days, I have not been attacked by mosquitos! There have been a few random demons, but I just get the sprayer and spray some more. It works! Thank you so much for your video!

@ahnguyen1

25 күн бұрын

1 oz of dawn per 1 gallon of water?

@Richard-nb4iv

9 күн бұрын

​@@ahnguyen1 use two to three ounces of dawn ultra per 1000sqft and it will green up your grass as well. It's a surfactant that breaks down the hydroscopic layer on your soil.

@ebrelsford

8 күн бұрын

@@Richard-nb4iv wow! great information! Could you explain that process a bit further?

@Richard-nb4iv

8 күн бұрын

@@ebrelsford Hi, there are quite a few youtubers that have videos covering this topic. Last year I tried it out using Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo. This year I'm using Dawn Ultra because it's a better buy at Walmart. On the back of the Dawn it also states that it's a surfactant. That is important to look for. Don't get anything antibacterial, that may kill off all your important microbes in your lawn. The soap ( surfactant) helps breakup the top layer of oils in your lawn's soil to allow the much needed water to reach the roots of the grass. I have used a hand pump sprayer at 2-3oz per gallon for 1000sqft as well as a scotts/ chapin garden house style feeder with about 5oz mixed with water. I used less with the pump sprayer because the limited water. The garden hose sprayer I used more and just gauged how much the level went down with the total square footage of my total lawn. I prefer the garden hose style because your giving your lawn a good watering at the same time. Hope this helps!

Seems like about half the world's problems can be solved by Dawn.

@dawnmichelle4403

2 жыл бұрын

If Dawn doesn't fix your problem, try duct tape 😄

@stevensmith4752

2 жыл бұрын

The other cure all out there is apple cider vinegar.

@raylo1635

2 жыл бұрын

Vicks has left the Chat 😂

@ScottGrammer

2 жыл бұрын

...and the other half can be solved with duct tape.

@randyrush9856

2 жыл бұрын

Or any generic brand dish soap with those two chemicals in them, like my bottle of Kroger store brand soap does.

Mosquitos use standing water in ponds, marshes, puddles, tires, buckets, etc... to lay and hatch their eggs into nymphs that later turn into mosquitos. Spraying Dawn on your lawn will kill the grass, but putting a few drops in buckets of water around your property to encourage female mosquitos to lay eggs and drown in those buckets is the right approach. Spraying your lawn is the oddest suggestion I've come across.

For those of you who are interested. Soap breaks down water particles. In layman terms for example: it takes a drop of water and turns it into hundreds of finer water particles. Like crushing a grain of salt into finer granules. That's what soap does to water. The irony of soap is that it doesn't actually clean. It's the water that cleans because it has been broken down so small it can get under and through the crud that is there. You might say it's a water thinner, and that is how it works.

@user-hs3rp6ri4x

10 ай бұрын

Soap DOES react with grime and grease to make something that is soluble in water. If your theory were correct, then we could have used the same soap again and again several times.

@antichrist_revealed

10 ай бұрын

@@user-hs3rp6ri4x It's not a theory, it's fact. Years ago I watched a program that showed the molecular level of water before and after the implementation of soap, and they showed that soap doesn't actually clean as we have been lead to believe. But what it does is break water down enough that it can penetrate and go through and under objects like dirt and grime which allows the water to do the cleaning. I told my co workers about it the next day, and they suggested I "get a life" and not watch programs on soap and how it works. Yet here it is many years later, and I still haven't forgot. It's not a theory.

@bvnniez

Ай бұрын

@@antichrist_revealed rubbing alchohol is what i use to clean and wash my hands with, i dont trust soap lol

I had hundreds of the swimming larvae in an old kids pool. My local wildlife agent came out and told me to put dawn in the water. The larvae must break the surface of the water to breathe but the Dawn prevents them from doing that. Essentially they drown. It works great.

@woodandwheelz

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. We used to keep dawn in our rain barrel (not for drinking).

@altruismfirst6489

2 жыл бұрын

Just to consider IF kids using pool, sodium laureth sulphate is not the best chemical on them and really not be used without gloves for washing dishes its best to use natural soaps or SLS free formulas. These industrial grease cutting detergents disrupt protective oils throughout your biology creating accumulative issues (auto immune issues) down the line. Use bi-carbsoda for pools keep them alkaline and stops fungal strains as well as mosquitos. Mosquito Dunks are safer than petrochemical products sold for home use.

@TCreatorO

2 жыл бұрын

You could've added some bleach too

@stevensmith4752

2 жыл бұрын

@@altruismfirst6489 Is it true that most detergents don't have anything in them that acts as a disinfectant? They just help cut through the gunk.

@RedneckMechanic89

2 жыл бұрын

@@altruismfirst6489 I was my hands with dawn dish soap all the time it’s ain’t gone hurt nothin

I honestly felt like I was in school I actually raised my hand to ask him a question

@BlackMamba-lt8oe

2 жыл бұрын

in school they dont teach u topics like these

@jonjeffries3265

2 жыл бұрын

306BlownNotch (can you believe other comment) ?

@TheRealGigaCat

2 ай бұрын

@@BlackMamba-lt8oe you must be something for not knowing about sodium lauryl sulphate. Its taught in... you guessed it. In School

I've successfully solved our mosquito problem by using Mosquito Dunks in five gallon buckets of water at the corners of my property. They contain a natural ingredient that keeps the mosquitos from reproducing without endangering any other organisms. They're made for large ponds, don't effect cattle or fish, and you only need a quarter of a Dunk for a month in the bucket. Just make sure there is no other standing water around for them to breed and they are forced to use the buckets. WORKS GREAT!

@sashanealand8315

Жыл бұрын

good grief how could you possibly make sure there is no other standing water? sounds impossible

@kenjackson6256

Жыл бұрын

@@sashanealand8315 Sounds impossible? Not if you're not too lazy to walk around and look. We live in a wooded area on top of a hill. The only standing water we have is buckets and containers filling up...

@littlemissy8356

Жыл бұрын

I tried mosquito dunks, don't work.

@kenjackson6256

Жыл бұрын

@@littlemissy8356 Then you had hidden standing water somewhere. We still had mosquitos this year after starting the buckets, and only when we moved an overgrown big flower pot did we find standing water in the big tray underneath....

@seannoh672

10 ай бұрын

​@@littlemissy8356, the key is to attract the mosquitoes to lay eggs where you will apply the dunk in. If they don't lay eggs, the dunk will not work obviously. Try putting in grass or hay in water to get them to outgas CO2 as it decomposes. That will attract mosquitoes for sure.

I use the kiddy pool gardening system promoted by Larry Hall. Plants in grow bags in kiddie pools. Saves water, gives the plant just what it needs, and gives you a buffer against plants dying because you forgot to water. Also oxygenates the roots, etc. It's perfect for hot Southern California. The only problem is the standing water that mosquitoes love. There are a number of ways to deal with it, but I just use dish soap (not antibacterial and with the least unnecessary ingredients) in a similar dilution in the standing water. No mosquitoes and the plants seem to love it too. You need to reapply the soap as needed.

I once had a girlfriend named Dawn and she wouldn’t let me reproduce either..!!

@j-dub8369

2 жыл бұрын

I vote for this comment to be pinned as the top comment 👍🤣

@georgesedeno7891

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they found Tony Orlando who was lost, finally found at the crack of Dawn.

@billalexander949

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!!!!!!

@brucewilliams473

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Me Too, Lol

@darrinpennington

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

I did this at my job site, I put mine in a spray bottle. When the soap water hits their fragile wings they can't fly and also the soapy water suffocates them. Quite effective!

@philliplee8641

2 жыл бұрын

So you're saying you didn't watch the video ? 😏🥴

The algorithm leads me to learn some pretty useful shit sometimes.

@zensbleexperience3470

2 жыл бұрын

I know right! Very handy

Dawn works! I once told a NYS DEC employee that I advised a tavern owner if he wanted to get rid of misquote problem in the pond behind his place was to squirt it on the pond. Presto problem solved. Well that advice sent said DEC employee into orbit.

Dawn also contains methylisothiazolinone and 1,4-dioxane. The first is toxic to marine organisms, the second is a ground water contaminant. A better, safer and cheaper method, take some used vegetable oil that your going to toss anyways and throw it out on to the standing water. This prevents the larvae from going to the surface and breathing. It requires a very thin film and it doesn't effect anything else but the larvae. Been doing it for decades and it works great. No Dawn and no sprayer.

@uprightfossil6673

2 жыл бұрын

And your information is why KZread is a great source of information. Thanks. I may use it in the woods around my house and find another method around the pond. Thanks.

@uprightfossil6673

2 жыл бұрын

And you saved me from listening to the rest of this video

@jcraigshelton

Жыл бұрын

Your stomach contains hydrochloric acid but you haven’t died of chemical burns. Relax. They clean oil covered animals with Dawn and they’re just fine.

You're a Rare 🏆 Great video producer. No stinking music, but important advice on a vital subject. Thank you.

Mr., You are the man ! Thank you so much for taking your time to research this and post it on your channel .

Great information. In the bullet point summary, I think you meant to write "Put WATER in the misting sprayer first to avoid foaming."

@NoNORADon911

2 жыл бұрын

Just leaving some containers with water out and dumping them 1x a week works becuase they lay their eggs then you dump it BEFORE they hatch.

@jak30341

Жыл бұрын

@@NoNORADon911just sit the bucket of water far away from where you are because you’re attracting more mosquitos to your living area and those mosquitos will be attracted to you, not the bucket of water

@juanjimenez2267

10 ай бұрын

Nope he actually wrote it one hundred percent correct...you just jumped to that conclusion without completely reading the whole statement wich in turn would have made it make sense! Almost got me too.... Millennials always jumping to conclusions before getting the story ....LOL you're probably not even a millennial...Ive just always wanted to say that since I see people say that constantly and how they cause all the problems nowadays haha😂😂😂

@kittiecorner

10 ай бұрын

@@juanjimenez2267 Why did you have to include the dig about millennials? Why are people so darned nasty? Haha-ing it didn't make it any better. I too thought it was an error. It doesn't make sense to me. Maybe you could do us a favor and explain it a little better?

Thanks for your kindness of teaching us good things.

What an incredibly easy to understand and informative video. Thank you!

@Bob_Adkins

2 жыл бұрын

It was! Everything Buzz said was informative and true, to a point!

Brilliant, this what KZread is for!

@ashlynalexander2462

2 жыл бұрын

@Rob Mintz .

@lorilaw2604

2 жыл бұрын

What about when the sprinklers come on everyday????

@NoNORADon911

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was for watching a monkey drink his own pee?

@traviswright3343

2 жыл бұрын

This IS what KZread was supposed to before until kids took control of it

@will7its

2 жыл бұрын

No, youtube was invented for cat videos......😐

That was an excellent video. Short, clear and concise.

Thank you KZread for recommending a video I didn't know I needed. What great information!

@cooperw22

2 жыл бұрын

Right

Thank you for providing a clear and to the point explanation on how to use Dawn to control mosquito problems and telling us the number of days for mosquitoes life span. Other videos I saw only mentioned a shot life span I didn't know if it was day's or weeks . I'm going to give this a try, thanks for posting.

@SoulSeeker770

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2VrqMyDipW_eLg.html

@keithguidry2841

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Good way to wash your lawn too 😄 Also makes a fun slip n slide park for the kids

Windex kills them dead on contact. They literally fall dead as soon as the spray hits them.

@cherylm2C6671

2 жыл бұрын

? must try that - thanks!

@georgesedeno7891

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Is it because of the ammonia?

@PrissyTomboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgesedeno7891 Yes and ammonia is much more cost effective

@georgesedeno7891

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrissyTomboy so, clean and dead mosquitos!

@mattschmitt9924

2 жыл бұрын

Works on ants as well.

Omg this video and the comments Thankyou 👍 It’s been raining heavy in Australia recently

It never dawned on me this product is so good

@bimirabu

Ай бұрын

This comment deserves more likes 😠

exactly right, i do this at my home in mission bc and at my cabin in the cariboo, 200 feet from a slow draining lake in conjunction with dynatraps and we have very few mosquitoes compared to neighbouring properties.

Ants, too. Dawn stop will stop them in their tracks. Soap is one of the most common insecticides used by many farmers.

What ab incredible and forthright explanation .. well done sir!

You can put a couple drops of dish soap on top of any standing water (rain barrels, small pond, etc.) It will have the same effect. Easier than spraying your whole yard. The standing water is where they go to lay the eggs anyway.

@elblaise5618

2 жыл бұрын

True. If you're like me however and have neighbors who don't look after their yards because they never spend time outside then spraying your yard will (hopefully) keep them from breeding in other people's yards and coming back to plague your exposed ankles.

@TW---

2 жыл бұрын

'"Plague" your exposed ankles' LOL So true!

@huyked

Жыл бұрын

@@TW--- I have a solution for the ankles. Just cut them off. No more itchy ankles! :D

@ahnguyen1

25 күн бұрын

so you can use any dish soap, not just Dawn?

@TW---

24 күн бұрын

@@ahnguyen1 yes. It creates a thin "film" on the top of the water.

I live on the West coast of Scotland no mosquitoes here ( thankfully) , but we do have the Midge a wee scunner of a beastie that bites but does not carry disease , will try your method when the season returns , all the best from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well done. Haven't tried it yet, but you sold me!

Surfactants that keep the surface tension are also available as Finish Jet Dry. I used this on a bucket that had been filled with the little critters, and it took care of the problem. I could have just dumped the bucket out, but you know, science.

@frogsoda

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure any kind of dish soap would work. It doesn't actually have to be Dawn.

Jet dry does the same if not better. We use it for panning for gold to break the surface tension and to drop the light gold

Just brilliant. And well explained.

Interesting will have to do this next year Thank you

Great information.

Simply amazing 👏...Thanks 👏

GREAT INFO THANK YOU FOR GOING IN DEPTH WITH THE EXPLANATION AS WELL! : )

I like Dawn and water and a pressurized spray container to kill wasps. Totally different mechanism, as it kills them from suffocation. Highly effective and no harsh chemicals. Thanks for the mosquito tips. I’ll do it and let you know next summer.

@IowaKim

2 жыл бұрын

I do this too- and use a supersoaker to get under the barn & house eaves. Makes wasp patrol a fun activity.

Imagine being in Florida and remisting after every rain. It would look like a never stopping foam party.

@shane400

2 жыл бұрын

Mosquitoes drink it down here in florida.... I put it in my pressure washer and sprayed like crazy. They still eat me alive

@robdavis1176

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to spray all your neighbors lawn as well? Last time I checked they fly. So let me get this right, Buy enough property with a pond on it. Spray all grass with dawn around it for 1/4 mile diameter around the pond. Rinse wash repeat when it rains, and no mosquitoes?

@chadh3441

2 жыл бұрын

It would be a giant race, just add techno. Oom pec, oom pec, oom pec, oom pec. Lol. The skeeters would join in. Those bitches are brutal down here and relentless.

@BobSmith-vj5kz

Жыл бұрын

@@shane400 that's because they run on gator-blood.

For the record, I use dawn and any regular dish soap and both do kill mosquitoes. Have been doing this for over 3 years.

@jdleestirringthepot6421

2 жыл бұрын

dawn kills many bugs even bed bugs not kidding

@vasg760

2 жыл бұрын

Ok so you do your yard... What about your neighbor's yard? Ya know what I mean

I have a spray bottle at home with dish soap and water in it and when I see a mosquito I spray it and it falls right out of the air dead. This works

Perfect explanation! Thank you.

Very useful video, thx for relaying this info

Very well communicated Sir!!

Very informative and well explained video. Great job!

This is a good idea, but probably won't work very well unless you get all of your neighbors to mist their lawns too. You'll certainly cut down on the number of mosquitoes since the ones in your lawn won't be able to reproduce, but the ones in your neighbor's lawns will be able to reproduce just fine. I'm pretty sure that mosquitoes don't have a "this yard is mine" policy, and they can fly 1mph.

@AlstarPalmer

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this combined with the mosquito dunk bucket method?

@tellemgangbang6540

2 жыл бұрын

Hey at least it will cutdown on some

@bumpassb

2 жыл бұрын

Mosquito's stay within 50 yard of where they were born. Just do your yard and your neighbors on every side to cause a colony collapse. I'm not saying a few strays won't blow in but you at least won't have an infestation. Also don't live next to my next door neighbor with her wanna be Koi pond that has had standing water in it for as long as I remember. I have to throw dunks over the fence into the water because she is an idiot.

@littlemissy8356

Жыл бұрын

I've done it. You don't need to treat the whole neighborhood.

Thanks a lot for the great info. I wonder if just leaving some buckets of Dawn-water in the yard would be easier.

I had this hypothesis for a while but (as Im about to impliment) it's neat to see it confirmed. My thinking was that since feuit flies are treated with a similar technique, it should work with mosquitos. I'll be adding a squirt of dawn to the rain sewer drains that wont drain and crossing my fingers

A little Dish soap in water in a spray bottle will zap them out of the air by providing a wetting agent that sticks to there wings and down tay go.

I mix Dawn with mouthwash in a hose fertilizer sprayer and spray the lawn. The bugs hate it and the grass loves it.

Ordinary dish soap and water in a spray bottle kills most wasps, carpenter bees, mud dauber, palmetto bugs, sugar ants, and yes mosquito’s. I live in the south, I have about a half dozen spray bottles around my yard and house. It works.

@cheekiemunky1383

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Much needed help! 😂

@juliusdarby6662

2 жыл бұрын

And it kills roaches almost instantly...

@cheekiemunky1383

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliusdarby6662 Wait, What?! 🤯 I'm buying stock in Dawn

@kayceegreer4418

2 жыл бұрын

I have dusted various bugs and especially those big Texas water roaches with with gold bond extra strength medicated powder and I think it did something to the nervous system, but they sure 'nuff croaked!

@MrJimanderson5859

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. It definitely works!

Dawn is great for cleaning windows also. Just put it in a bucket of water or spray bottle and use a squeegee to scrape it off. You don't need to even rinse it.

From south Australia when I was a kid it was my job to once a week in mozzie season put a cup of kerosene in /on top of the water in our tanks it floats on top of the water so no taste but it affects the surface tension of the water drowning the mozzie wrigglers

Works like a hot dam, I put some in the swamp at my back door every 2 months, no mosquitoes at all. $2 fix, thank you :D

Following along with all the Dawn, vinegar and whatever else solutions spanning the internet.

Misting your lawn every time after it rains it an impossible task in Florida summers 😭

@benjisea

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it sucks lol

@privatebubba8876

2 жыл бұрын

Most Florida localities spray for mosquitos on a regular basis.

@LemonySnicket-EUC

2 жыл бұрын

Use a hose end sprayer.

@jamesrichards9921

2 жыл бұрын

Not where I live they spend all there resources spraying the beach area they might spray other areas maybe once a year

@francom6230

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrichards9921 it's odd that I've lived here 20yrs & only seen 'them' spraying twice.. (btw, they don't spray near the ocean for several reasons)

Awesome Information 👌

Wonderful information

Thank you.. Very helpful

Backyard picnic planned ? A couple hours before, sprayer with dish soap all over picnic area, low leaves, bushes, lawn, especially under picnic tables. Those mosquitos are resting there waiting, the soap dries hard on their wings, can't fly for days.

I love the science!

Thanks for the knowledge

Great Information, Thank you!

I’ve also had success with buckets filled with dawn+water placed under trees. Mosquito apocalypse.

@SoulSeeker770

2 жыл бұрын

How much of dawn and water mix?

@ZombieHunter1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoulSeeker770 I’d say a Dixie cup full of dawn for a 5 gallon bucket would be the bare minimum. I like there to be foam once I mix it up because I’ve seen mosquitos land on the bubbles and die that way too.

@SoulSeeker770

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZombieHunter1776 Thank you for your reply. I capture rain water for my garden. Mosquito bits seems like a cheaper solution.

@ZombieHunter1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoulSeeker770 ooo I didn’t know about mosquito bits. I’ve only seen the large doughnut shaped ones. I’m gonna have to wrangle up a bag of the bits!

@mygt8a4re

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZombieHunter1776 curious what were taking about here. What are mosquito bits and large doughnut shaped? Just curious, the mosquitos here in south Fl are keeping us from cookouts and gatherings in the evenings. Don't want to spray insecticides with my pets. Thx

Sounds like a great plan. If your lawn is the only lawn in the neighborhood.

I thank you for the video. But since I live in Florida behind a canal and it rains in the summer time almost every day I don't think I'm going to be using this every single day to spray my front and backyard. But thanks for sharing the video

Great tip, professionally presented. Thank you. Now for the important question, what is all over the garage floor? :)

Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension between two liquids, between a gas and a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, or dispersants

@hollyridgesmoke7057

2 жыл бұрын

Cool how molecules can be engineered

@Dxfactor24

Жыл бұрын

Yes what they spray in the skies to percent it from raining.

Well I’ve never even heard of this but I’ll give it a try and let you know if it works for me! Thanks

@didthatreallyjust

2 жыл бұрын

Did it work?

great info, thanks!

Great tip!!

That sounds like a good idea actually!

Great insight, unfortunately our houses are so close together, every neighbor would have to do same thing.

Dawn is also GREAT for cleaning your glasses too.. Most of the problem is grease from your face and hands and Dawn cuts through it nicely.

Awesome!!! Thank YOU!

Brilliant 👏👏 simple bravo

Very good video ,,

At 4:40 in the written instructions I presume you mean to say put the Water in the sprayer first, to avoid foaming. 🙂

Wow, awesome, thanks for this!

Thank you, should have known that Dawn could help

Thanks very much❣️

Thank you very much.

Dawn also helps to remove mold

Thanks ...brilliant

Thank you sir!

THANK YOU FOR VIDEO

great video! Athough....does it also affect butterflies, bees, spiders and other beneficial bugs?

thank you

Thank you.

Best video.

Thank you

Fascinating!

Thanx for da tip

Brilliant!

Very good

It also works on wasps. Mix it with water and oil of peppermint put it in a spray bottle.

Mosquitoes love dawn water mix when they're flying.

thank you for this😀