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Yes but dont put them in vegetable soup. If you have flowering vegetable plants the moth balls will drive away helpful insects like bees and thereby cause your plants to not get pollenated and not produce.
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∙ 9y agoNo, mothballs and vegetables are not a safe mix. Mothballs include the chemicals dichlorobenzene and naphthalene, both of which are hazardous to the health and well-being of animals, plants, soils, and waters. Naphthalene and another common mothball chemical, dichlorobenzene,
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Do mothballs get rid of stray cats?
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Is sheep Manure safe to use as fertilizer in a vegetable garden?
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