There are many levels at which this can be approached. I prefer deterrents rather than killing.
With things like weevils in grain and like, Neem or White Cedar, is non harmful to people but insects can't stand it. Small bags of Lavender behind the books in book shelves or in drawers make silverfish and the like want to go to the neighbours. Agricultural Radionics has rates to move many things on. Gil Rex Tyler wrote: > I wonder whether I might ask for some advice from members re storage insects > and rodents that might nest in inaccesible areas where conventional cleaning > is not practical,as to how they might safely deal with this problem without > finding it necessary to go down the conventional pesticide route. > > Rex Tyler > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:15 PM > Subject: Re: Copper garden tools > > > > > In a message dated 2/28/02 11:30:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > << Sounds good but whats the wear rate like ? On our gravel based soils > we > > destroy hardened steel tillage points at a rapid rate and need to use > > tungsten tipped stuff to make heavy cultivation economical.?? In nice clay > > would not be a problem > > > > Lloyd Charles >> > > > > The benefit outweighs the cost [the Bronze Age remembered]. The point is > to > > introduce the copper filings and increase benefits to the soil as water > > holding capacity...sstorch > > > > > >
