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  • From: "John Schinnerer" <johns@eco-living.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Neem
  • Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 12:10:16 -0700

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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