Mike I am curious as to your allergies? Is it a breathing thing? Like Asthma?
I have one of those gas masks that have the two round fine filters. They really
work. My mentor uses one every time he sprays anything. He wears long sleeves &
rubber gloves, lotion on his face & a cap!
My plants got invaded by scale & mealies two years ago & still trying to get rid
of them. I have been using Enstar & Mavrik together, been told it will do the
trick. Very expensive so I am trying to repot everything as well as keeping up
with the regimen.
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Cheers Wendy

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mmccaws2 wrote:
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