So, it looks like I would get diatomaceous earth at a garden store, or maybe Home Depot?
I kind of want to get it just so I can say "diatomaceous earth."
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
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Steph L. - May 11, 2011 3:56:46 pm PDT #7867 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
javachik - May 11, 2011 3:57:45 pm PDT #7868 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Yep. I go to my local nursery to get it. I think you can get it at Home Depot but be careful because the big boxes also sell the non-food grade and that isn't suitable.
sarameg - May 11, 2011 4:00:12 pm PDT #7869 of 30001
I got mine at Ace Hardware. They didn't have it on hand, but ordered it for me, and it proved so popular, they now carry it (it's a little neighborhood store.) Also is excellent for roaches.
It's made out of fossilized diatoms! Which I remember learning about in 10th grade biology.
javachik - May 11, 2011 4:02:24 pm PDT #7870 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
sara, I'm in love with the stuff because it works and it's fossilized diatoms!!! Cool all around!!
Steph L. - May 11, 2011 4:06:22 pm PDT #7871 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Now I'm envisioning the little fossilized diatoms coming to life and wielding tiny swords and killing the ants that way.
PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME OTHERWISE.
msbelle - May 11, 2011 4:09:15 pm PDT #7872 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The folks on the bedbug boards said to becareful even with food grade. That if the dust is breathed it can harm the lungs. Is that not true?
javachik - May 11, 2011 4:09:19 pm PDT #7873 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME OTHERWISE.
Why would we? That's exactly how it does work.
The folks on the bedbug boards said to becareful even with food grade. That if the dust is breathed it can harm the lungs. Is that not true?
It's possible I guess? The same way you shouldn't inhale a bunch of flour?
msbelle - May 11, 2011 4:15:57 pm PDT #7874 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I was told to buy a respirator.
sarameg - May 11, 2011 4:16:29 pm PDT #7875 of 30001
That if the dust is breathed it can harm the lungs. Is that not true?
If you breath in clouds of it, like any particulate. I mean, I wouldn't snort it or throw a bag into a fan.... And apparently the pool kind is altered in a way that is crystalline silica, so I'm guessing silicosis would be an issue. If you snorted it.
But people eat the stuff. And it's been used as a dewormer in livestock.
Now I'm envisioning the little fossilized diatoms coming to life and wielding tiny swords and killing the ants that way.
They are wee tiny swords!
sarameg - May 11, 2011 4:17:52 pm PDT #7876 of 30001
Here: [link] With specific references to the pool kind.