Jill,
Thanks for the report on your success' with DE. A most interesting
read!
The blower is a great idea.
I normally use DE around the foundation to keep ants out of the house,
and using your method, it would be much quicker and easier.
Chuck
To air is human, to sit back and snicker while everyone holds their
nose is sadistic!
On 1/5/2006 5:18:40 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Terry:
>
> I would very much appreciate having your file on further information about
> diatomaceous earth.
>
> I had not known about the antiparasitic value of DE before these recent
> posts!
>
> I have been using the food grade DE to store grains. I believe I mixed 1/2
> cup with a 5-gallon plastic pail of wheat kernels. Within a short time, I
> could see various worms crawling out of the container, and any bugs inside
> the mixture croaked! In addition to the DE, keeping the wheat away from
> light, heat (around 65 degrees F. is good), moisture, and sealed in an
> airtight container should store it indefinitely. Once a year I open the
> can, pour the contents into a similar can, thus getting rid of the carbon
> dioxide and providing fresh oxygen (or is it the other way around with
> plants?). The wheat treated this way still sprouts after 7 years. I am
> told that wheat found stored in the pyramids of Egypt still sprouts after 3,
> 000 years.
>
> The brand of food-grade DE I bought (Perma-Guard) was subjected to testing
> to discover the mineral content (sorry, I
> don't have this information any more, but you could probably get it by
> calling Major Surplus & Supply in Redondo Beach, or Hawthorne, California,
> where I got it, and they may hav
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