After summer, in the alleys and in small towns, it is common to hear the saying: "how is the water tank crawling again?" some people flip out of their skulls and throw them in their rice bags, and some people buy unnamed “food fumigants” from the internet. Over the past two years, grass-roots food stations, market regulation and science platforms have repeatedly reminded the same thing — that families store food, that chemical fumigation is a path that cannot and should not be followed。
Before and after 2026, the updated version of the summer oil storage section in beijing, as well as a number of authoritative media referrals, made it clear that cylindrical balls, sanitary balls, phosphorus aluminum fumigants are strictly prohibited from food such as rice and flour. Such articles, which contain beryllium, dichlorobenzene or release phosphoride, can only be moved to a domestic rice tank by a licensed person in a closed barn, in accordance with the procedure, which is not in accordance with the regulations, nor is there a risk. It has also been made clear in the early years of the national food and material reserves sector that agents such as dichlorvos are used only in empty silos and environmental pests and must not fall into food piles。
Looking down in this direction, the farmers' kitchen contains a few items that have been used from generation to generation and that have been repeatedly named in recent science materials: peppers, eight corners, dry orange peels, dry sea belts. This paper, “baby”, refers mainly to the first two things: the eight horns of peppers, which are used well, the most simple and stable of the rice jars。
It's not "dirty." it's the life cycle of the rice
Let's clear up a common misunderstanding. A lot of people saw miri climb the worm, and the first reaction was the kitchen was not cleaned up. In fact, the little beetle, which is known as the rice elephant, often enters the grain, but is invisible. The temperature rises to 25 degrees above and below, and the humidity is right, and the eggs hatch, and they lay again, and they recycle
That explains why..
- simple cleaning of kitchens is useless, with roots in the rice itself
- unrecommended tans in the sun, infestation of the beetle to the depths, and loss of grains, which are included in the list of non-recommended practices in official cope and various media
- chemical fumigants can kill insects, but they mix food with food, contrary to the principle of “family food storage bans on chemical agents”, which is still stressed around 2026。
The real idea for ordinary families is to destroy the warm and humid environment in which the eggs hatch, and to reduce the willingness to produce the eggs with gas. The latter, which is the long line of eight horns。
Why are the eight horns of pepper being raised so often
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- cope china and a number of media outlets included peppers, eight horns, garlic and dry leather as acceptable natural support materials in household food reserves
- in chinese agricultural science entries, it is mentioned that acne, citrus and octagon ether in pepper volatilizers have an excusive effect on food pests
- grass-roots food stations are also used as models for green food reserves for farmers and communities, which are low-cost, day-to-day and non-pharmaceutical。
The rationale is not complex: these spices slowly release volatile odors, and pests such as rice elephants and valley robbers are disturbed and tend not to lay eggs nearby. They are edible fabrics, not pesticides, and there is no problem of “pollicide residual penetration of grains”, which is the most fundamental difference between them and sapules, phosphorous aluminium。
What needs to be made clear is the border -
- this is an “exclude + assistive”, is not a pest control device and cannot penetrate the rice grains
- for rice, which is already large-scale insects, lumps and odours, priority is given to sifting, low-temperature treatment or non-eating, rather than expecting two more packs of spices
- the eight horns of the peppers themselves are slowly deodorant. They are usually examined once in a month or two, and the smell fades。
Specific practices in the kitchen of farmers
The practice varies from place to place, with a slight difference in the practices of the rural households in kanan, kawazu and north china, but with similar skeletons. The following is a comprehensive, long-standing collection of experience and open science around 2026。
1. Solve packagings first
Old drums, recycled plastic pots, open bags are not recommended for long-term rice. In recent years, the kopp caliber has been biased towards glass tanks, food-grade sealed drums, and pottery cisterns, which are placed in a cooler, far from stoves and tanks. When the vacuum package is removed, as far as possible, it is sealed and not open。
"smelt packs"
A clean gauze, or an unused tampons bag, with a small set of dry peppers, two or three full octagons, and a puncture. It's big enough to make two. It's buried in the upper and central, and it's not bottomed. Don't use shredded pretzels. They're too fast. They're also susceptible to the swirling。
A little sip
The rainy season in the south back to the south and in jiang waimei can be used on a rotational basis with a small dry sea belt or a small bag of food dryers. The dry sea belt, which is approximately 12 taels of rice and 12 taels of rice and is available for reuse once a month, is the idea used by coastal and lake farmers in their early years and has recently been reproduced by the cope。
4. A process for the arrival of the new rice
Newly purchased rice, in bulk or knitted bags, may be placed in a sealed bag, and the freezer room will be placed overnight before being transferred to a temperature sealed container. The low temperature treats most of the eggs in the surface, with eight horns of pepper and a more stable set. This step applies equally to green beans and red beans。
5. Several easy pits
- garlic can be used, but the whole of the petals and the skin is intact, so as to avoid squeezing the juice and dyeing rice; and the garlic is heavy, and some of the people mind the fragrance, giving priority to the eight horns。
- high white alcohol is not recommended for long-term use, ethanol is volatile, water vapour is carried, and rice is easily retorted in small space。
- avoiding saplings, hygiene balls and internet purchases of "food smoulders"。
- not on the side of the stove, under the sink. The temperature fluctuates。
Why is it worth talking about alone
In sannon, this is not just a little trick for the “meet bug”, but a few layers of more solid background。
One layer is policy orientation. Around 2026, “green anti-worms, reduction of chemical agents” was one of the main lines in the food and oil storage-related curricula and media reports, with large grain banks pushing nitrogen-temperature, low-temperature and low-temperature reserves, and the household end being clearly demarcated: chemical agents were placed in a professional setting and the population was taking a physical + natural route. A mid-year review of china's economic network also referred to green as the ethos of future grain banks, and this idea is sinking from the basement to the consumer end。
One layer is the loss of food savings. The years in which food production is innovative and fate management is discussed over and over again, small losses at the end of the household appear to be insignificant and aggregate numbers. This chain, which can be interrupted by a few kitchen habits, is a solid payment for ordinary farmers and urban families。
There is a further layer, re-enactment of farmer experience. In the past, the reference to “earth methods” was prone to becoming unscientific. However, the “experimental, modern interpretation” type of pre-empirical deworming is an example of the convergence between traditional life wisdom and the current green orientation, provided that it is not exaggerated, does not replace medicine, does not touch chemicals. The movement of the village's elders, coupled with the boundaries of the new rules, is more stable than the purchase of a “gods” by blind networks。
Those who ran through several grain-producing districts probably had the impression that the walls of the old food station were often marked with a summary form that read “closed, dry, cold, natural”. These four types, which are found in the farmers ' homes, are the tight lids, the height of the rice bags, the wind of the stoves, and the sun in the windows. The eight horns are just one of them, and what really works is the whole environment。
The small kitchens of the city's buildings, the poor ventilation and the boredom of the summer should be taken seriously. There is no need to pursue the promise of “a year without worms” — that is advertising, and that is not what any responsible content would write. What can be achieved is a significant reduction in the probability of living insects, the avoidance of chemical residues, and the absence of damage to rice。
Sweet tip:
This paper is a compilation of information from the public domain and grass-roots experiences, which are shared only as a life perspective and do not constitute any professional advice; food storage, such as bad taste, etc., is dealt with in a timely manner through formal channels。
