Guest guest Posted December 15, 1999 Report Share Posted December 15, 1999 I just bought about 150Kgs of various grains and beans, and they are almost all infested slightly with grain weavils and other undesirables. Getting good storage cans in this country is not easy, eventualy I found some Indian stainless steel containers with a good lid, but not airtight, they hold about 15 kilos of rice each. Well I cant find diatomaceous earth. And I am franticaly searching for dry ice, where could I look? I have called Lab suppliers, pharmaceutical suppliers, and clinics, and none of them even heard of dry ice. When I explain that you can use it to freeze body parts, they hang up on me! If I get co2 and I dont have airtight containers, will it work? What if I fill the container with co2, and then put on the lid and tape it up? But how would I know if the container is full, and what is to stop the co2 getting out and air in? Say I fill a 20 litre jerry can with grain, give it the co2 treatment for half an hour, then, unhappy that I have succesfully suffocated countless entities, I transfer the grains to the other containers, and tape them up. Would that work? Or would the eggs be unnafected? Finaly what about neem leaves, should they be dry or fresh. I cant get enough oil right now. I'm almost out of time Y2K is on the threshold, I can almost feel its icy breath on the back of my neck, and I hate to think of all those bugs munching away at my grains, in their new, shiny, stainless steel homes! Help someone! Even if the Y2K bug is a dud, I still want those grains next year, and not a pile of weavil doo. YS Samba das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 1999 Report Share Posted December 17, 1999 In a message dated 12/17/99 10:35:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, Samba.SDG (AT) bbt (DOT) se writes: << And I am franticaly searching for dry ice, where could I look? I have called Lab suppliers, pharmaceutical >> Try the people who deliver ice cream via trucks to children, like Good Humor. Jayo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 1999 Report Share Posted December 17, 1999 dry ice is manufactured by the same companies that make large blocks of ice and crushed ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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