"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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Martin Brown wrote in
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In message , Jaques d'Altrades
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Washing-up liquid is not soap.

But it does the trick.

You do have to be careful what you use it on. Some plants do not like
this treatment. I defoliated a bay tree once this way. It stripped the
surface waxy coating and the leaves desiccated within a few days of
application.


... This is why I suggested using only a drop.


A drop in how much water? 1 cc? 1 litre? 100 litres?

I managed to do horrible
things to a honeysuckle one year, by making it too strong a solution. Had
used it the year befo no problem, but I think my 'squirt' was bigger
the
second time. It bounced back, but I had to prune it hard, as the leaves
went black in midsummer and it looked truly awful.

I sounds quite seriously as if one should lay off using this particular
cure.

Franz