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Old 12-05-2008, 02:57 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Aphids and soapy spray


In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| The reason that they don't mention it is that our Lords and Masters
| in Whitehall have made it illegal to use detergent and methylated
| spirits, and imposed extra restrictions on horticultural soaps
| (such as Savona). A conspiracy theorist would suspect that was
| done in arrangement with the agrichemical companies.
|
| Well, that's not exactly true. It's not permitted to use any preparation
| which isn't licensed and soapy water and meths etc. haven't been licensed. I
| doubt that one would be banged up for using such things but it is illegal to
| unlicensed sell soapy water as a treatment for pests.

Can you explain why what I said isn't true?


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Nick Maclaren.