Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Am I correct in concluding that if one has a dog, this silica could harm its lungs or cause silicosis?
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But the dangers of inhaling DE dust are not much more significant than the dangers of your pooch inhaling a whole lot of any very fine substance (such as flour, corn starch, baby powder, arrowroot). The nice thing about DE, is that other than the "don't put your nose into a pile of this stuff and pretend you're a coke addict" - it's non-toxic to dogs and cats, and birds, and other mammals and reptiles. It is only deadly to insects and grubs. The fact that it is *not* poison - means that animals that eat those insects, and grubs, will not be poisoned by eating them. It doesn't taste all that great, but it won't hurt them. It's basically just a particular variety of incredibly fine natural clay. Clay, as you probably know, is absorbent. Any woman who uses facial masks or makeup that allows for a "matte finish" would be familiar with the absorbency of clay. So when you dust the ground with DE, the very fine powder just sort of sits there. Insects wander through your grass as they always do, oblivious for the most part. This clay sticks to their exoskeleton and skin, and they carry it back to their nests, where it dusts the nests. The clay then does what clay always does - it absorbs moisture. From the insect. Basically it dehydrates them to death. Kills the insects, the eggs, the queen, and destroys the nest. Fairly inexpensive. This is the #1 "insecticide" that organic farmers use, because it also contains nutrients that most produce requires to thrive. |
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If the lawn dies, which I doubt I'm gonna find out if it's kosher to put stone on the entire front and sides of the property. I'm not ever going thru this again. All this after people have started to respect each other's property with their animal's. I guess I would pick my problem over the problems some other people face daily. |
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You should not dethatch St Aug. Only Zoysia. St Aug. is not crab grass, and will die easily from scalping. If you cant tell crab grass from St Aug., you might want to rethink giving landscape advice.
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We just had our lawn replaces with Floratam - St.Augustine, and love it. The Villages is using Floratam - St. Augustine in the new areas. It’s so much nicer than Zoysia. St. Augustine has thick, wide shiny blades.
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