Can't trust a channel with this many immediate errors and corrections. Enthusiasm doesn't make up for inaccuracy.

Thank you for the numerous corrections. Please help with safe application method, Identifying correct DE products.

Well said!

I was thinking about all of these corrections while watching, but I appreciate the enthusiasm!!!!

Thank you! You saved me the time of correcting him on diatoms and you explained much more.

All DE will do to them is cut up their exoskeleton. the individual ants will lose moisture through their shell and they will die, but you wont kill the colony. liquid gel bait trays near the nest will allow them to feed and then take that back down to the larva inside the colony and will kill the colony without any affect to your garden.

does it work for the squash BUGS? (not vine borers)

@@essentialcomforts2166 It works on most insects. Contrary to this youtube video alllll insects are actually arthropods and most of them will succumb to de if the conditions are dry.

For ants, i just put a small pile of DE at the base of my plants instead of going directly at the ants. They’d have to walk through what to them, might as well be a mountain of DE before they can even start climbing the plant.

mix sugar and DE for ants

He should have said it this way and would have saved a lot of explaining 🤣

@@bethshrock1120 can you make a whole video explaining this

@@f612CreatorsPodcast it's already been explained...😶

Best reply ever! 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for this, made my day! 😂👍😎

I wouldn't use it on adult earwigs, as they're worth their weight in gold, eating other insects that feed on my fruit and veg, however it's result against their young, who attack young plants, given the chance, is 100% as an effective deterrent.

How often should it be re-apply outside and inside?

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​@@judypa38 most packages say you can reapply outside once every seven days or after heavy rains, depending on the severity of the infestation. The more insects you need to control the more frequently you should apply, once mitigated you can apply much less frequently. Indoors you can probably get away with an application every three to six months.

Thanks for this very helpful tidbit!

Yep, we have taken it. Great for fleas on cats, they can lick and not get sick. Good wormer also.

100%. Plus, some of the industrial/pool DE also contains other, potentially dangerous additives. Just make sure the bag says “food grade” or something along those lines.

Well they're both not good to breathe in, they're essentially both a form of silicate and can cause respiratory issues. Generally any fine powder regardless of chemical makeup should not be inhaled. Wear a particle/dust mask when handling and applying and try to stay up wind to keep it out of your eyes if you dont have sealed eyepro. Im looking into slurry applications to help keep the dust down, since i live in the desert things tend to stay quite dry and get kicked up by the wind. If we got some dew it would help dampen it and adhere it to the ground and my plants, which is where the slurry comes in. The lil bit of rain sprinkles we get every few days is generally enough to dampen it, without quite washing it away. But timing an aplication for after said rain isnt always convenient.

Have you seen the comment *terrapin52* posted last year? You'll find it interesting.

How did you treat the soil

I worry about the squirrels, possums and raccoons with fleas---Winter doesn't kill many fleas--They go dormant, until a warm day--hide under the warmer snow, too. These poor things can really suffer and dirt dust only helps a little with fleas. It can be tragic.

A gallon? It's a *powder!* 🤪😂😂

I bought 2 gallons like 8 years ago. I forgot about it. I used it in an infested tree that had huge carpenter ants.

I'm glad that some body feels comfortable with exhuming these tiny little bodies for a weapon of mass destruction to the insect kingdom !.....how can you sleep at night ???😂😂😂😂

thank you!!!

Over dramatized dude , have you ever been chocked out ?

@@larrywheaton7037 that was a well crafted joke !....so I thought 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

In small smounts do not routinely breathe in!!

Very interesting information I'm glad you specifically got into the specifics about the DE.

John B, cinnamon has never worked as an ant deterrant for me. The ants would walk right over it like it wasn't there. I'm glad it works for you.

For your home, try first Saturday lime!

I used it on earwigs in the garden. I sprinkled it around the base of my plants. The earwigs were coming out of the ground at night.

@@GardensLadyBug Earwigs will eat very young plants, but tend to favour eating other insects that prey on your plants.

You should ONLY use food grade. Non food grade DE is very toxic to people.

Do you know if the food grade works on spiders and how do you apply

The packet or bag provides application directions. However, it has one major drawback and that's moisture. On the ground it will turn the powder claggy, (sticky) if the ground is moist or damp, which then hardens into a coating, because, being a powder, it leeches water from the soil. Light rain (just a few minutes) will produce the same result. That renders it next to useless. It surpasses useless when copious water is added, such as irrigation of plants and heavy or persistent rain, as this washes it away. Naturally, these circumstances would then require you reapply it. Personally, I'd advise using a mask, when applying, particularly if you suffer from any lung problem.

Don't trust anyone who says worms are arthropods but bees aren't

I'm glad you got a positive result!

Which are shelled creatures...

@@kathryncastanares525 seashells are typically made up of carbonates, but diatoms are siliceous

@@kathryncastanares525 shelled creatures eat plankton, which diatoms are.

They are not ground up, because they're already microscopically tiny. That's the whole point of the stuff. DE is microscopic, spiky-shaped organisms that have become fossilized. No grinding required, and no shell on a critter that small. (Source: Went to school with a guy who grew up in the DE capital of North America.)

@@trishfrench1927 Plankton (all very tiny sea life) includes diatoms. Yummy!

Do you know if DE will kill my worms in my worm bin; I have ants

@@1231dre I'm not too sure actually. Never used it personally. Cheers.

I concur

@@1231dre I did some research and everything I found says no it wont kill your worms but probably wont kill your ants either. Worm farmers do use it to fight fungus in their worm bins.

Correct - MIgardener has a very poor understanding entomology. Artho (joint) Pod (Leg/feet).

Information: DE is _not_ made of crushed shells! As for the insects, do not get me started.

Excellent. I didn't knowbthis. I have used sugar mixed w boric acid for ants. It works too!

If it didn't work on ants you probably didn't get food grade. It works like a dream. The brown kind is worthless.

Genius idea lol it is funny to hear that it always works from your experience. I believe dia. Earth is basically toc sick na no silica form and would not use or

Fascinating story! I disturbed an unwanted ant nest several times just doing routine planting. In a short while, the entire nest relocated.

It is informative, but sadly he got a lot of information very wrong. He says bees/butterflies are not arthropods, but in fact all insects are in the phylum arthropoda. Worms, which he claims are arthropods, are actually in the phylum annelida.

Try to convince 50 million anti maskers to mask up....or 30 million anti vaxers to do the "neighborly thing", etc.

TessaG, did it help against flea beetles?

@@grantkruse1812 Not the same. move along

Yes food grade the pool grade can harm humans

@@faithsfarmlife1424 Pool Grade DE is much more concentrated.

Just make sure you read the corrections in the comments too.

They are shelled creatures.

Yeah...it is not just sea shells. So maybe you should edit the video and add some text on that part of the video since you mention misinformation...

Worms are not arthropods *eyeroll*

@@jeffreydeiuliis396 Per en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm, "Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes." Generally, some worms are arthropods(centi/millipedes), annelids(earthworms, etc), ... & humans. ;-)

@@kathryncastanares525 actually they are not. They are exoskeletons.

And in a mediterranean climate, dry summer, you woukdnt use it?

@@conniekeshet I would definitely still use it. It's commonly hot and dry where I live and it still does great. If you were concerned about the worms, I think the guy was talking about parasitic worms being affected by ingesting DE. I've never noticed a lack of worms in my garden, and I put a lot of it in the soil for plant health, and a lot on the plants for pests when needed. It's a miracle worker for what it does.

@@ShutchyerLips thank you!!

@@conniekeshet hey no problem! I'm happy to explain anything or answer any questions you may have as well.

Thanks, you answered my earthworm question! (I have chickens so i know & they love worms) My thoughts: #1: good info video! Opens beginners to a "better non chemical" choice. Is all the info 100% scientifically accurate or a broader version? "Keep it simple" or you'll lose people in seconds. Video sparks interest, gets people thinking & investigating. WIN WIN! Objective achieved. My rant: peeps, keep yur comments on topic! Who 'daF cars 'bout his grammar or is, but, woulda~coulda, shouda?!!! and you scientist "experts" from the University of Ki$$ my A$$ just go.... Y'all are trolls. Give him a break, be normal & start building people up again. Love & help each other again. Get back to "good" for God's sake! Build people up, not tear them down... YOU are the PROBLEM!.... not his speech or his info. GOOD JOB ON THIS VIDEO BROTHER!

Very poor info, in fact, considering how angry he becomes at those spreading misinformation...while he is doing the _exact_ same thing! Hilarious irony/hypocrisy! 😂😂😂

I just planted pumpkins for the first time. Any advice on how you used it to fight squash bugs? I'm new to all of this.

Most of what he's said is misinformation, sadly. Read the comments, particularly from entomologists. He's just made things worse on the subject of DE. Hilarious. 😂😂😂😂😂

Diatomaceous earth doesn't kill earthworms. They are arthropods. The are Annelidae. Unfortunately, this video is also full of misleading information. DE isn't ground seashells. It's the remains of diatoms which are a single-celled alga which has a cell wall of silica. They find deposits of them and grind them up. I don't consider shells as single-celled creatures. As soon as he equated DE with ground shells, I was suspicious of all of the advice he gave here. I'm doing more investigation myself. I suspect what he says about wasps and hornets is suspicious as well. Very disappointed in this particular video.

@@jennybateacher 👏👏👏 You and many others, no doubt, myself, too.

*MyTNMtn Home* Your worms will be just fine! It's hilarious that he slates others for misleading information on DE, then does the _exact_ same thing himself. 😂😂😂 Two years in and, as yet, he has done nothing to correct the many errors he made in this vid. You, like others, myself included, will draw your own conclusions. His channel, his decision not to address the issue. He has 1.06m subscribers. Over a quarter of a million folk have watched this video. Not all viewers have premium membership, like I do, although some will. That means we aren't subjected to constant adverts. Assume the majority of viewers are, that's countless adverts and he makes money on every single one. I believe, beyond a certain point, channel owners, in general, don't actually care what their viewers think. Financially, they're beyond caring. They lose a few subscribers, so what? Some, including a few of the entomologists among them, will unsubscribe. I'm sure he hasn't and won't lose any sleep over those few. More's the pity. He's armed people with misinformation, so it will be just that bit harder for those conscientious gardeners, genuinely trying to increase peoples' knowledge, for those entemologists to try re-educate those spouting nonsense, because they trusted this guy to do right by them, by why should he, because he's doing alright for himself and has forgotten where he started from. I strongly suspect he's a narcissist, but hey, we all have our troubles. Say hullo to your worms from me and mine. 😉🤭

This. Literally changes nothing about the use or its effectiveness. I can't stand those people.

yes it does change the core of his message because he comes of as a pretentious know it all when really he doesn't know the most basic thing about the product he is claiming other youtubers dont know enough about. you can put it in a mustard/ketchup bottle with a funnel top and lightly dust any plant you want. any one and it kills every insect. you will not harm your plant with this method because if you do it properly you cant even see the dust.

Right on!

Still not same material you know its fine to be wrong sometimes 🙃

🙄🙄 lordy, 12 years old and im looking at an adult acting like little girls at my school.

Deb link to source? Sounds interesting

It's also good for humans to aid in repairing tissue, skin, hair and nails, it's a wrinkle fighter and can help deworm dogs or any parasite as well as in humans. It can help you and your pets prevent muscle and tissue damage or aid in healing them. FOOD GRADE ONLY.

How strange you should state that, as DE actually _contains_ levels of three heavy metals, namely Arsenic, Lead and Cadmium. I'll stick with activated charcoal, (removes many heavy metals) Potassium Permanganate (removes two heavy metals and also can be used to start fires!) and Iodine, (removes two heavy metals) but best to have your thyroid gland tested, before using it, because it can induce the gland to become over or under active.

@@ElinWinblad I see you recieved no reply. Google for latest research on DE and heavy metals, then just trawl through the results. I rarely trust given links, preferring to undertake my own researches.

@@leannhoward7306 Proven via scientific research or anecdotal, ie _"It's said...",_ I wonder?

Will this kill fleas in my yard and on my porch steps.

But little about what DE is comprised of or about the classification of insects. 😂

Hi! I hope you don't mind a question....but, you've hit on my problem...exactly. I have chickens....only three, and my garden is fenced off....BUT, those hens are wiley and they get in the garden on occasion. I have Japanese beetles...and ants like crazy. They're eating my green beans and I need them gone. My problem is that I would just die if I inadvertently hurt my hens. I water my garden EVERY night...late, after the Sun goes down. What should I do? I'm not rich. I can't keep reapplying DE over and over. My neighbors who have been gardening for decades tell me to dust the crop with Seven dust. I know it'll kill the bugs...really well. But, it can also hurt my girls! I don't know what to do. Any pro advice? I sure would appreciate it.

@@sherriesmith2587 alot to unpack here... From the sounds of it, you dont intend your chickens to be in your garden, but they sneak in occasionally. For that youll just need to find their entry points and fix them. as far as pest control products go, your neighbors advice to use Seven dust isnt bad. It will help you control your beetles and ants, but it is non-systemic, meaning your plants will not absorb it and pass it on to you when you eat your veggies. It has the same fialure point as DE though, and any other dust, that once its wet, youll have to reapply. My focus on pest control wasnt in agricultural, it was in residential home treatments, keep that in mind, but depending on how you water your plants, IE drip system etc. if youre wetting the soil but not the plant itself, then Seven dust can sit on the plant and be effective even through your watering cycles. Seven will also work on your ants, or a granular product like Amdro will work as well. they will carry it to the colony and it will kill the larva which feed the rest, and it will take out the problem at the source.

You are awesome! I really am new at this, and I appreciate the guidance. Thank you so very much!

Thank you!

Food grade DE is used in chicken feed to help deworm them. Humans can also ingest to clean out parasites. Make sure you buy food grade and not the one used for pools. Non food grade is the toxic one.

Your understanding is correct. The grade you used is classified as _feed,_ mostly used for filtering, usually pools which comprises of larger silicate particles, but frequently contains contaminants, such as Chlorine. The grade used mostly in gardening and pest control is confusingly classified as _food._ You'd think they'd get their act together and come up with better names that don't sound alike. 😂

But how do you get your cat to consume it? LOL

@@debbiebell4598 mix with cat food, piece of cheese, anything they will eat.

@@debbiebell4598 All the numerous studies that have been performed based on the urban myth that DE is a dewormer have concluded that it has shown no efficacy against parasitic worms. Also contrary to this video worms are annelids and not arthropods.

How do you apply DE for Japanese beetles

Never ever use heavy metals in garden including silver. Ingestion can destroy gut bacteria. Copper is OK because it oxidises completely. Silver oxides can make you very sick.

But colloidal silver is food grade medical product... How would this be harmful in stated form for protecting plants?

@@nicoledotson8946 Colloidal silver is for external use only. Your logic appears very sound. However, internal use can be very bad.

P.S. Copper is OK.

@@nicoledotson8946 CS never leaves your body.... not for ingestion even though people do.

Pet safe but don't breathe it in or let pet breathe it in. Can cause lung damage. Also can put on carpet and under appliances and beds to keep pests gone.

We had a bad infestation one year and it was my last resort out of desperation and put it around my yard put in on my carpet for a bit and it cleared it up right away! It was awesome!

I've used it safely on my dog and dog bedding for fleas, ticks and mites, even as a dewormer. I've read it was good against lice too.

@@GardensLadyBug It's effective against parasitic worms, I'm told, but, I may have picked this up wrong, however, I was led to believe it targets whatever is inside the parasitic worm itself, the worm being the host for whatever carries the infection. DE is fairly harmless to earthworms and wrigglers, according to worm farmers.

I can’t exactly find the word for your comment but I would say classy and humble criticism. Thank you for putting the words just ever so politely we should all take example to be so kind

You might care to read the comment from *terrapin52,* which I found to be quite informative.

Yes use food grade in your garden only

Read the corrections.

take the bugs you picking, mash them up in alot of water, spray this around the plant you picked them from, supposedly the bugs will flee, dont like the smell of their own dead bodies?

Try the climbing varieties of Nasturtium about three or four feet away from the tomatoes. The stink bugs prefer them to tomatoes. Grow the Nasturtiums in batches two weeks apart, then, as the first batch becomes infested, it can be uprooted and removed (I throw them directly onto an already blazing fire and toast the critters) to be replaced by the new batch to catch any strays or even a new wave of stink bugs.

Much of the information presented in this specific video is incorrect. DE has shown no efficacy against parasitic worms or worms at all as worms are in fact annelids and not arthropods. Also DE can very easily kill bees and butterflies as both are arthropods, all insects belong to the phylum arthropoda. DE also does not cause shedding of the exoskeleton as far a my research has indicated it actually absorbs lipids from the exoskeleton causing dehydration.

👏👏👏 Wear a mask, I'd strongly advise.

I don't doubt this Josh or that it could cause cancer in human body over many years as did talc powder on surgeons gloves--But, I'd like to see a reference on this. [ Some people are eating this for the silicon... I might if I thought it was safe.]

Thank you that's what I wanted to know! We get them in our garage after it rains.

It would have been late summer where he is.

*Andrea Askraba* In the Northern hemisphere: March, April and May are _Spring_ June, July and August are _Summer_ Sept, Oct and Nov are _Autumn_ Dec, Jan and Feb are _Winter_ This vid was posted on 19th of August, 2019, so it was very late Summer at the time. The date of posting can usually be found in the description, on the right hand side of the video title, just below the video itself. Just tap the downward indicating arrow to access, then, when finished, tap it again to hide the description.

earthworms too.

Does it work? Apparently you can just sprinkle crashed/ground egg shells. Slags won’t like crowding over them and they are also fertilizing the plants by slowly releasing calcium into the ground.

Fantastic to know! Slugs eat my catfood😫👍

It does kill bees.