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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: Roach Haters Unite (Home-made roach killer)
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Date: Fri, 16-May-86 07:26:17 EDT
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> >Roach Prufe is relatively expensive ($10/can, good for a whole house
> >or so, though), and you can make your own (I don't know the
> >proportions, but the major ingredient is boric acid).  ...
> 
> The couple next door made some by mixing sugar with boric acid powder. Trouble
> was the roaches disapeared but sugar ants completely took over their home
> for 2 days.  The ants evidently just plucked the sugar granules and happily
> carried them off leaving the powder.

	I've always used plain boric acid (or boric acid half-and-half
with borax) with no added "bait" and it's been very effective. (Until it
eventually clumps up and hardens because of the humidity - it needs to
stay powdery to work). A pound of boric acid costs $3.67 at my local
discount pharmacy.
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