Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 You don’t need food grade – agricultural grade is a better descriptor. DON’T use the chemical stuff that they in swimming pools! From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Betty (in Lehi) Pearson Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Rép. : Re: problem: buckwheat with hulls DE will kill bees, however. Be very careful when applying it not to get it on blossoms. We use DE in our garden and chicken coop. Also, around the foundation of our house to keep unwanted creepy crawlers out of our house. Be sure to use food grade DE. Sophie Leduc wrote: > have you tyhought sprouting and growing young buckwheat greens to eat, grown in just couple days, add it to salads. > > And for the bugs, DE is the best thing ever! It is totally safe and natural and does kill mechanically every insects and bad bacterias, not earthworms, and we can even consume it to health improvement or kill parasites. > http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/diatomaceous_earth_mites.html > > -- Betty Pearson, Lehi UT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 DE will kill bees, however. Be very careful when applying it not to get it on blossoms. We use DE in our garden and chicken coop. Also, around the foundation of our house to keep unwanted creepy crawlers out of our house. Be sure to use food grade DE. Sophie Leduc wrote: > have you tyhought sprouting and growing young buckwheat greens to eat, grown in just couple days, add it to salads. > > And for the bugs, DE is the best thing ever! It is totally safe and natural and does kill mechanically every insects and bad bacterias, not earthworms, and we can even consume it to health improvement or kill parasites. > http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/diatomaceous_earth_mites.html > > -- Betty Pearson, Lehi UT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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