"jellybean stonerfish" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:15 -0500, Marie Dodge wrote:

"R M. Watkin" wrote in message
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Try washing up liquid. It is cheap and effective.



What is "washing up liquid" and why would it work when the other organic
pesticides failed completely? Do you have any sites where experiments
were done proving this washing-up-liquid actually works on WF and SP?

Soap you use for washing. You make a spray and wash away the aphids and
other little buggers.

How do YOU wash them away in your gardens with detergents? Do you have a
special high power sprayer made for such sprays? How do you kill them when
they hit the ground? Step on them all? If you don't kill them once washed
off they'll crawl and fly right back onto the plants. How do you manage to
use enough pressure to dislodge them and not shread the leaves?

Organic is great. Try Dr. Bronner's peppermint
soap. Kills them dead.

So you tried this Peppermint soap on both 2-spot-SpiderMites and Whitefly?
Don't you remember I was told the other organic products would kill them
dead and not one worked as claimed? Since all the other organic products
failed, why would you think this one would work?

Or instead of poison, a cheaper alternative
would be "Joy" or "Dawn". Whatever liquid dish soap you use for hand
washing. If you get a sprayer, you can do it larger scale. Look for the
problems, and spray/wash them away.

How did you wash them away? How many pounds of pressure did it take to
dislodge your spider mites and whitefly? How did you wash off the nymphs
without shredding the leaves due to pressure? Since you believe these
organic potions work, please explain why all the others failed and how many
more will be recommended as long as a person keeps trying them? Just
wondering. From the website... this sounds like typical snake-oil:

Dr. Bronner’s is Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary! 5 Generations and 150
Years of Soapmaking Excellence
Marking the 60th Anniversary of the company, *Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps* is
pleased to announce that all classic liquid & bar soaps.........

p.s. Dish soap water also makes an excellent wasp killer. You can
spray a nest overhead, with no worries about overspray. They can't fly,
drop to the ground instantly, and die in seconds.

Why would soap kill them in seconds when it's not a poison? Have you done
this yourself with wasps or is this something you read on an organic site
selling "magic soaps?"


http://www.drbronner.com/

stonerfish