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Pest repellant

Can pudhina be used to ward off pests such as bugs, beetles from stored food grains?

Ananth

New Jersey

Like neem, pudhina can be also be used to safely store food grains from pest and insects. You can change the dried leaves once every 10 days to retain the smell which repels the insects.

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