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Old 14-07-2011, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Janet Tweedy View Post
... and one proven remedy is to crush Sweet Woodruff and
place it onto the carpet. It deters the moth from laying eggs into the
carpet or clothes.

Known as Ladies bedstraw for that reason i assume it used to also be put
into mattresses in the past.
Oh dear! - the problems of common names. Lady's bedstraw is the yellow one, Galium verum, sweet woodruff is Galium odoratum.
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