Diatomaceous Earth is a non-toxic, safe substance made up from crushed fossils of freshwater organisms and marine life. Crushed to a fine powder and observed through a microscope, the particles resemble bits of broken glass. Deadly to any insect and completely harmless to animals, fish, fowl or food. Most insects have a waxy outer shell covering their bodies, INSECT STOP scratches through this shell causing the insect to dehydrate leading to eventual death.
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By HELEN MURDOCH - The Press | Friday, 9 November 2007
When Don Grant told his partner, Yoka De Houwer, that glasshouses would one day cover the two hectares of kiwifruit they had purchased outside Riwaka, she laughed at him.