Diatomaceous Earth

[fatalack]

I was fooling around on the internet and came across some people using Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.)........ as a pesticide. They were sprinkling it on top of vegtables and leafy greens. I have personally used D.E. to control fungus gnats by using it as a soil top coating. But has anyone ever heard of any one using it as a pestacide by dusting or sprinkling it on the leafs ?

 

[vostok]

DO NOT DO THIS....see this "D" earth for what it is, millions of tiny razorblades, then a month or so sticking to the cannabis sticky stuff you smoke and inhale these tiny razor blades and wonder why you cough up blood each toke ....!

"D" earth is used by dirty growers to control fungus gnats that lay eggs in the roots of canna plants, keep a clean grow and you won't ever have this hassle, if you do, ... use Neem Oil to control bugs and mold

as per above, old gardeners, wash the plants of this dust before eating, even then they will get bad hemorrhoids eventually ....lol ( thats you bowl hanging out your anus ...lol)

to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog32238-neem-oil.html

 

[Commander Strax]

spread that stuff around the house to kill the ticks

 

[fatalack]

Thanks guys just needed some advice and I'm glad to get some.

 

[jrainman]

I believe if you researched worm castings ,you might find that top dressing with worm casting beneficial to these issues. plus added benefits.

 

[Red1966]

DO NOT DO THIS....see this "D" earth for what it is, millions of tiny razorblades, then a month or so sticking to the cannabis sticky stuff you smoke and inhale these tiny razor blades and wonder why you cough up blood each toke ....! "D" earth is used by dirty growers to control fungus gnats that lay eggs in the roots of canna plants, keep a clean grow and you won't ever have this hassle, if you do, ... use Neem Oil to control bugs and mold as per above, old gardeners, wash the plants of this dust before eating, even then they will get bad hemorrhoids eventually ....lol ( thats you bowl hanging out your anus ...lol) to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/blogs/blog32238-neem-oil.html

You can eat diatomaceous earth without harm. The cuts it makes are so tiny that they heal instantly in larger organisms. Hmmm.......the spell checker wants to replace "diatomaceous" with "semiautomatics"