"Anne Jackson" wrote in message
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The message from Sacha contains these words:
On 10/12/06 01:08, "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote:
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote:

At last the rain stopped today and I blasted the greenhouse inside
and out
with the jet washer. It has got to be one of my very favourite
gardening
tasks, once the plants and gubbins has been removed that is!

Last year I put some suitably diluted Jeyes Fluid into the washer
and gave
the inside a heavy 'hose' down too.
Some time this year believe I noticed on a newsgroup that Jeyes had
'gone
out fo fashion' - but I didn't see all the thread / story behind this.

Today therefore I just added some more water and did a rather
half-hearted
(more diluted) spray after the main blast with water.
Is Jeyes now considered 'off limits' for greenhouse use for some
reason?
NB I am asking AFTER spraying here... so that I may have an excuse to
jet
wash all over again! Sad, I know... but happy.

It does have that nice clean smell doesn't it. The sort of clean that
your ancient grandmother advocated. Enough of the reminiscing.
"Jeyes Fluid will remain on the market after 31.12.03 as disinfectants,
but they will no longer be permitted to be used for pesticidal
purposes."

http://www.rhs.org.uk/thegarden/pubs...esticides2.asp

Doesn't that just mean it's not 'permitted' by the EU - rather like
you're
not 'permitted' to use Fairy Liquid to spray aphids with?

I think so, Sacha. Will someone remind me, what is it you're not allowed
to use Armillatox for, again?

--
AnneJ
Officially you *can't* use it on most things
http://www.armillatox.co.uk/
but this site tells you what it could be used for
http://www.armillatox.com/

I do not use the stuff. Very misleading information. Although supposedly
natural occurring the phenolic nature of the product makes it undesirable
and it is banned for it's original uses.