Diatomaceous Earth will kill any insect with an exoskeleton, like cockroaches, bed bugs, ants, fleas, etc. by compromising their waxy coating and destroying their internal organs through dehydration.
Yet, you can eat diatomaceous earth. In fact, you do all the time in grain based foods because DE is added by companies as a bug killer.
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KatieScarlett says:
“Any suggestion for getting rid of Chiggers, besides sulfur. We have an acre.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/best-non-toxic-bug-killer-diatomaceous-earth/comment-page-2/#comment-470180
Any suggestion for getting rid of Chiggers, besides sulfur. We have an acre.
Kayla Arevalo
I use it and this works great. Non toxic !
dbsdey says:
“DE powder for pool pumps does not work. Food Grade DE powder is what works. I tried both, and the DE powder for pools did not kill the insects. I researched the matter and found information on Food Grade DE powder, so I tried it. It works perfectly and does not harm animals or birds.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/best-non-toxic-bug-killer-diatomaceous-earth/comment-page-2/#comment-470552
DE powder for pool pumps does not work. Food Grade DE powder is what works. I tried both, and the DE powder for pools did not kill the insects. I researched the matter and found information on Food Grade DE powder, so I tried it. It works perfectly and does not harm animals or birds.
I had good luck with both. Used to feed the food grade stuff to my cows flies couldn’t live in the cow p**p.
Shurone Newsome
This is ground up bodies of diatoms like ground glass..
Lexi Brandon Toy