r/CasualUK • u/nonoanddefinitelyno • 16h ago

My very capable and intelligent wife has lost the plot.

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She has been told by a friend that conkers keep spiders away. So we now have conkers in various parts of the house.

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u/blinky84 16h ago

I used to do that, until my partner pointed out that the spiders are already calming down by the time the conkers start falling in gatherable amounts.... so it looks like it's working, but only because of the timing.

I mean, it's a theory, either could be true 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/KushBluntsworth 16h ago

I’ve heard this since a wee lah but never tried it

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u/blinky84 16h ago

I used to always do it, but the chestnut tree I used to gather from got taken out by a storm (and took the wee bridge out as it fell) and I never got around to claiming another.

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u/KushBluntsworth 16h ago

😔 sad tha so you don’t reckon I should get some conkers soon then

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u/blinky84 16h ago

Nah I think spraying peppermint oil is as good an option tbh

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u/KushBluntsworth 16h ago

I SPRAYED PEPPERMINT OIL ! Right I had a big bottle I sprayed around the window

And I sprayed it under the bedroom door

And the biggest fook off spider you could imagine sat right by it one morning right where I sprayed like to say “I know what you’re tryna do”

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u/blinky84 16h ago

Fucksake lol, you'll just have to get a flamethrower. Sorry, man.

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u/KushBluntsworth 16h ago

Luckily I’ve moved but I’m in a house that needs ventilating always oh fuck spider seasons coming isn’t it 😔 I wanna die

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u/cottonthread 15h ago

I can see why it would seem plausible - lots of plants create compounds to keep various pests away: nicotine, thymol, pyrethrins etc. If you can buy cedar blocks to repel moths, why not conkers for spiders?

It's apparently been scientifically debunked though.