Garden Girl TV: Natural Insect Control with Diatomaceous Earth
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Patti Moreno the Garden Girl shows you how she controls insects in her garden, by using diatomaceous earth! www.gardengirltv.com and http Use the CC button to view subtitles in any language. 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 …
This stuff rocks and is so cheap. I take it internally for parasites (which we all have by the day). Note of caution, be careful not to dust too close to flowers. Can harm bees and hummingbirgs. Great video.
where is mask?any thing dusty is injurious to health
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.
one of my dreams is to have a garden like yours
great videos!!!!
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.
no it works so does soap but only till it rains …….slugs I like taking a cup planting in the ground filling in half up with beer do it a dusk Lots of fun and soapy water for the rest of the pest but the slug are the worst …… the beer works great
u need to buils a rainwater catch…ur poring chlorine on ur olants…also de is made of fossilized diatome, not algae
fantastic ill look into that thank you
Agreed, her garden is superb! She really knows her stuff! I always look forward to her videos =)
Try something that’s called “milky spore disease” it’s a naturally occurring bacterium that is fatal to Japanese beetles. It’s harmless to pets/humans and bees. You apply it to your lawn, and ONE application can last for 10-15 years. Try it! It works fantastic!
Diatomaceos earth is an excellent slug repellent when it is sprinkled around the base of plants. Under a microscope it looks like tiny shards of broken glass. It does have to be reapplied after rain. It slices the bodies of the slugs and they get dehydrated. I only use it at the base of plants. There is a fantastic spray you can make with habanero peppers and garlic.
some metals like copper i believe give a mild shock to slugs they wont cross the barrier, i also hear that” bran” circled around plants will stop them they dont like to eat bran.
stay away from things that will kill bee’s for sure. WE NEED BEES and lady bugs in our gardens.. Gardengirl even once a year is not cool if it kills bees…there are better ways im sure…..i liked your idea for having chickens for the jap beetles but the DE that nasty and can’t be organic friendly.
I’m in Central IL, and those SOBs destroyed my grapes last year. I just bought a bottle of Fungicide 3, by Schultz, and tested it out on an unsuspecting japanese beetle. It was AWESOME! 10 minutes later, the beetle was literally falling apart. It’s kind of pricey, but I plan on using it on all of my fruits and vegetables this year. I’ll be looking around for other neem oil-based products that are cheaper.
I was told that soap is an effective pesticide coz, of borax in as a main ingredient of making soap. That it dehydrates insects too.
How do you size that up please some info.
This is jovenhats_jr one of your constant youtube enthusiast
its fake. it doesn’t work
They sell ones like them in the home depot (or any other home improvement store) gardening section.
I got to file this one in my gardening folder. Since I’m a rookie gardener this will help big time. Thanks for educating us on this one.
so what do you do for jap. Beatles?? im in N IL, those little buggers get everywhere! i mean everywhere. i try the garlic-onion-cayenne- soap-flour-pyrethrum, and ive tried combining them together it works but only for a minute. its horrible seeing those beatles invade., ive even tried traps. i refuse to let them get me this year. what do you all suggest? its got to be organic.
where can i get one of those dusters?
Have you tried Neem oil? It shouldn’t bother the beneficials, such as ladybugs and pollinators, as long as you spray at dusk. It tends to make the plant unpleasant/repellant to chewing and sucking insects, and also controls some fungals, black spot, powdery mildew, anthracnose and rust. Google around. I spray my transplants before setting out so they don’t get chewed up before they thrive, and use it sparingly when I have more damage than the plants can sustain. Try ‘Surround’ for your apples.
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.
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.
I’d suggest wearing a dust mask while working with DE. I’m not sure what it says on the product label, but it never hurts to check before using anything even when it’s organic in nature.
I love your videos, by the way. Your garden is definitely something to aspire to!