Even alcohol based products. Right now my wife chases me out of the
house so she can clean the bathroom.

I guess I stay with what I know I can deal with. Unless someone knows
I shouldn't use DR B. I'll use the castille soap and seseme oil.

I looked at the label of alsafer dishwashing soap and because I don't
know enough about household chemistry, I don't know what to think about
nonionic surfactants. Other than a general discussion by one site,
below, I can't tell if it would be safe.

Thanks everyone.

Mike

Nonionic surfactants are illustrated in Figure 1. Although ionic
surfactants exist, the most prevalent form of surfactant used with
herbicides is the nonionic form. Most nonionic surfactants are composed
of linear or nonyl-phenol alcohols or fatty acids.

The function of surfactants in this class is to reduce surface tension,
improve leaf surface spreading and sticking, and improve herbicide
absorption. Some examples of nonionic surfactants include X-77 (UAP),
Induce (Helena), Activator 90 (UAP), Triton Ag 98 (Rhone-Poulenc) and
R-11 (Wilfarm).
K Barrett wrote:
There's the old 409/rubbing alcohol/water mixture. But there are also those
who say Dr Bronner's works just as well. Use at the same rate as for
dishsoap.

K Barrett

"mmccaws2" wrote in message
oups.com...
A funny thing happened on the way to putting an home addition and
looking into increasing the size of my humble greenhouse. I became
super sensitive to everything that has most man-made VOCs. Paints,
perfumes, insecticidal soap, and unbelievable number of things I can't
be exposed to for more than a few minutes, if that.

So now mealy bugs are terrorizing my plants, but I can't use standard
neem oil or insecticidal soap. Any suggestions before I loose my
entire stock?

I did see cooking oil and dishwashing oil. I can tolerate Dr Bonner's
castille soap, might that be a substitute for dishwashing soap. Are
there any unscented dishwashing soaps? My plants and I would welcome
any suggestions.

Thanks

Mike