Garden Girl TV: Natural Insect Control with Diatomaceous Earth

Patti Moreno the Garden Girl shows you how she controls insects in her garden, by using diatomaceous earth!
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Natural Garden Pest Insect Control Using Diatomaceous eEarth

So a lot of people ask me, Patti you are an organic gardener, what do you do about all of this little bugs and slugs and all that stuffs that farmers for so long had been trying to come back. Well, I have one of the most amazing products that I discovered. It is actually been use for a really, really long time and it is called Diatomaceous earth
Now, Diatomaceous earth is actually fertilized algae that is found in sedimentary rock and it forms of powdery substance pretty easily. If you are asking what are you doing right now? Why are you watering your garden and watering all the leaves of your garden? Well the reason why I am doing that because I am going to spread the Diatomaceous earth or DE as also known on of my plants. And I want my powder to stick to the leaves of the plants so they have to be moist; they have to have water on them. In order for the dust to stick to the plants, now this is the Diatomaceous earth . This is actually a duster and what we use to dust the crops and let me show you in here. That is the powdery substance, now this is a completely safe for humans and for animals. So really do not have to worry about it getting you know into any other animals that might be around and this is the fun part.
[DEMO]
And you can also use it indoor, this is great if you have got dogs and in the summer time they tend to get fleas you spread these all over there bedding and this is actually really, really safe for human consumption and also animal consumption. Not that I would recommend that you eat it but it is safe. Now Diatomaceous earth , the powder of the fossilized algae gets on to the insects and it is basically dehydrates them and they die. Of all you urbanized out their who are suffering your apartments with cockroaches go and get some DE. This is the organic all natural way to go to get the job done. I am Patti Moreno the Garden Girl. Thanks for watching.

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[lossunbearable]

if it dehydrates the bugs, won't it dehydrate the plants (or your animal if you use it on him?) can it be applied to the soil instead? i heard something about copper tape as a deterrent to snails and slugs but haven't had a chance to try it out myself.

[GardenGirltv]

It only works on animals with Exo-Skeletons. Be sure to use a mask though, to protect your lungs from the dust.

Use egg shells for slugs.

[kisinzcemm]

Diatomaceos earth is bad to inhale so wear a mask ....Asbestos is a naturally occurring too ......DE is approximately 3% magnesium, 33% silicon, 19% calcium, 5% sodium, 2% iron ..........Silicosis (also known as Grinder's disease and Potter's rot) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.

[rayunseitig]

We use diatomaceous earth before, but be careful about breathing in the dust, the silica it contains is harmfull for the lungs.

It's like tiny chards of broken glass. Silica sand is what you use to sandblast, but they wear respirators.

[AllSafeFL]

Nice presentation, but I also was concerned that no mention was made of wearing a mask so as not to inhale the dust. I love using this stuff. I've lived in Texas 6 years and DE and Boric acid are the only 2 forms of pest control I use in my house.

[TheArmandb]

Informative video. Quite expensive though to use in an orchard.

Has anyone tried mixing DE in water, agitate the mixture continuously to prevent settling whilst spraying the same unto the leaves. As such we save on spraying cost?

Thanks.

[ArizonaAdventures]

very good video. I've used it indoors with great success. I just started to use it in the garden and have actually ate it a few times just to see what the talk was about, lol. A dust mask is a good idea though when you aplpy it.

[LivingInTheVortex]

it kills fish so dont let it get in the waterways

[joecham76]

Does it work on white flies?

[akwolfsong]

@LucieLettuce If you get food safe diatomacious earth ( yes there are two types one used in comercial pest control:added harmful ingredients, the other is safe for human ingestion) it kills worms like no other and it works in animals and is also safe for humans to. Icky thought but most humans are infected with one type of parasite or another and never know it. Just a cool piece of info ;)

[cbolley]

Nice video..... I have used DE for years and as several people have already mentioned be sure to use only FOOD GRADE diatomaceous earth. I eat it every morning and I feed it to my dogs and cats I also use it inside and outside of the house. I have a blog about DE and I get mine from EarthWorks....... diatomaceous(dot)net .... You'll have to replace the (dot) with a . for the link to work properly

[CHEESEmyASS]

how much is it?

[GORT192]

where  do you find de, i went to alot of places like lowes and tractor supply, no one seems to know much about it, it really does look awesome, found it online but everyone charges a ton for the shipping