I'm not quite sure which gatery I would put this under..but here we go..
I've already mentioned starting new thread about this when I was talking about chickens care.
I was suprised to find out how many uses this wonder stuff has...against ants, aphids, red mites (poultry and pigeons), fleas, ticks, 'roaches', clothes moths, earwigs, corn worm, red spider mite, carpet beetles, slugs, snails, silverfish, centipeded, internal worms in pets and livestock..and so on..AND....what was really news to me...sprinkled on the ground and on fruit tree trunks (or made into paste and painted on) against crawling fruit tree moths.
I'll see if I can somehow transfer a factsheet here.. ???
I've failed with the factsheet... :-[ File size is too big to download here..and my techwhiz skills don't go that far to get round it.
But..on the bright side..just googling the name will brings tons of info..and all the stuff in my factsheets is there..just 'more to read' form... ::)
I've used this powder now for my chickens..externally and internally...dog had her share internally..and next thing I'm going to trial is as fruit tree 'paint'.
Hi Goodlife
sounds like wonder stuff.
I always am puzzled though how it works how the presence of diatoms can kill insects and aracnids.
I'm happliy in a mite pause after creosoting the coops but i'm sure it wont be long before i'm looking for a new weapon against the buggers.
thanks for the info
x sunloving
Well..apparantely it works by these microscopic particles being absorbent that any critters that are being in contact will be sucked dry...positevely mummyfied.. ;D
see here..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth)
They build skeletons out of silica, ie glass. It's effectively powdered glass, and it cuts insect pests so badly on contact that it kills them.
I am so looking forward to dusting against flea beetle with DE and also trying it when I plant potatoes next year. I don`t find it that easy to puff as it comes out in blobs. I may try making a thin paste and running that along the rows