Diatomaceous Earth Usage?

TexasTycoon · March 1, 2016

I'm bound and determined to keep critters off of my plants this year (all of them, not just the tomatoes), so I bought a big bag of diatomaceous earth to help me do so. How do I use this stuff most effectively on my garden (which is all in containers as I live in an apartment) as a pest preventative? Most of the containers are SWC but not all, and the patio has to look tidy or I hear about it from the office. Do I just sprinkle it on the top of the potting mix, around the base of the pot, on the plants, or what?

Here's the kind I got, it's a 4 lb bag and it's OMRI certified:

March 1, 2016	#1
TexasTycoon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b Posts: 1,157	Diatomaceous Earth Usage? I'm bound and determined to keep critters off of my plants this year (all of them, not just the tomatoes), so I bought a big bag of diatomaceous earth to help me do so. How do I use this stuff most effectively on my garden (which is all in containers as I live in an apartment) as a pest preventative? Most of the containers are SWC but not all, and the patio has to look tidy or I hear about it from the office. Do I just sprinkle it on the top of the potting mix, around the base of the pot, on the plants, or what? Here's the kind I got, it's a 4 lb bag and it's OMRI certified: __________________ -Kelly "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn Bloom where you are planted.