What smells do raccoons hate or avoid?

Hot pepper, garlic, peppermint oil, onion, and Epsom salt are a few scents used to repel raccoons. Read on to see how you can discourage these pests from entering your house and make sure that they’re out for good.

What repels raccoons from plants?

Plants That Smell Bad The stronger the smell, the better the deterrent, and peppermint essential oil added to the plants will make them smell stronger. They also don’t like garlic (Allium sativum, USDA zones 3 to 8) so planting garlic bulbs around garden beds and spraying garlic juice around should keep them away.

What keeps digging in my potted plants at night?

Rodents, squirrels, raccoons, foxes, and household pets can be digging up your potted plants at night. They might be attracted to the plants or the bugs crawling around in the potting soil. You can add a physical barrier, repellent herbs, bonemeal, or cayenne pepper to keep them away.

What is the best raccoon deterrent?

4 Natural Raccoon Deterrents

• Scatter or spray pepper. Spices like cinnamon, black pepper or cayenne pepper bother a raccoon’s sense of smell, forcing it to relocate to a more livable area.
• Soak rags in ammonia.
• Place mothballs around your house.
• Call Apple Pest Control.

Will coffee grounds keep raccoons away?

The strong scent of the coffee grounds is an effective repellent for raccoons. While you may enjoy the smell and taste of coffee, raccoons do not. Raccoons are deterred from coffee grounds the same way that deer are.

Do raccoons eat plant roots?

Raccoons are opportunistic omnivores that spend a good deal of time rummaging for food. In their rummaging, they commonly upend trash cans, root through dumpsters, tear through compost piles, rip up gardens and root around in potted plants.

Will peppermint oil hurt plants?

Peppermint oil essentially does two main things to discourage insects from coming into your garden. It masks the scents of your vegetable plants and it is an irritant. It makes for an extremely good repellent for very small insects like spider mites. When you pick vegetables, you break the plant.

Will vinegar repel raccoons?

Raccoons hate the smell of apple cider vinegar (and so do some humans!). Soak a cloth in apple cider vinegar and place it in an aerated container near the den. The smell will deter them! Install a “scare light.” Having motion sensor lights that automatically turn on will scare away wandering raccoons.

Does apple cider vinegar repel raccoons?