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Old 22-04-2018, 10:20 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Jeyes Fluid on Garden

On 22/04/18 07:24, alan_m wrote:
On 22/04/2018 00:44, Tim Watts wrote:
On 21/04/18 20:14, Judith in England wrote:

I use Jeyes fluid for cleaning my seed trays etc.

Is it OK to poor the dirty water + Jeyes fluid on to raised beds
before there
is anything planted in them?


http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/t/3962.aspx


Has Jeyes been re-formulated as part of the Elfin Safety nanny state? If
so, advice given a decade or more ago may be a bit suspect?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeyes_Fluid

(One characteristic is that it goes milky on being added to water).

It's also toxic to felines, even by skin contact.

I found a safety sheet from 2013:

https://www.officestationery.co.uk/d...HH/JY00107.pdf

which looks basically the same active ingredient.