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RE: Neem
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: RE: Neem
- From: "PINC" <pinc@svn.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 17:39:04 -0700
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- In-reply-to: <LYR112767-77763-2000.09.09-15.06.16--pinc#svn.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Newsgroups: permaculture
If anyone wants the recipe, I could dig it out of my miles of piles of
files.
Penny
-----Original Message-----
From: John Schinnerer [mailto:johns@eco-living.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 12:10 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: Neem
Aloha,
I know an 'elder' woman from India who tells me that neem is somewhat of an
all-purpose antibiotic/disinfectant/etc. there (among other things) -
simplest recipe she mentioned was to simmer leaves in water for 10+ minutes.
Don't know if this solution would repel bugs from plants or not or is simply
for a topical antibiotic...I've used a neem-based bug juice that was quite
effective at keeping New England mosquitoes and blackflies at bay; much
better than a citronella-based one I tried.
One could process home-grown neem to extract the oil for various uses, using
similar methods to those used for extracting other plant oils, I would
guess. I will be planting some on my land in Hawai'i this winter...maybe in
a couple years I will have more info! ;-)
John Schinnerer
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