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dish soap as insect bane?
Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal
with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? Skip -- |
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m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? Skip -- Yep - seems to work pretty well. Use one that has no perfumes or additives though, like Ivory or Dove. |
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"s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? I have used Palmolive Liquid or Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap or a mixture of the two for years to deter pests. Palmolive was a choice to use on flea-infested kittens years ago and I make a blend of the two to control leaf curler worms on my oak tree. Minty fresh and aroma therapy in the garden......... |
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What is the ratio of soap to water?
John "cat daddy" wrote in message ... "s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? I have used Palmolive Liquid or Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap or a mixture of the two for years to deter pests. Palmolive was a choice to use on flea-infested kittens years ago and I make a blend of the two to control leaf curler worms on my oak tree. Minty fresh and aroma therapy in the garden......... |
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I guessed. I'd say I used 4 tablespoons in a quart sprayer.
"John Baker" wrote in message ... What is the ratio of soap to water? John "cat daddy" wrote in message ... "s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? I have used Palmolive Liquid or Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap or a mixture of the two for years to deter pests. Palmolive was a choice to use on flea-infested kittens years ago and I make a blend of the two to control leaf curler worms on my oak tree. Minty fresh and aroma therapy in the garden......... |
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I usually put about a cup of the combined soap in a two gallon sprayer,
but I don't fill it to the top. I've poured in a few glugs of Listerine and a can of beer at times after reading about that tonic guy on TV, and not, when I read about that tonic guy on rec.gardens............ }:-) I found it just as effective, maybe more, than using BT on the leaf curlers, and definitely more pleasant to be covered in the spray. It's worked for me in really cutting back on the webworms, also. This year, I'm going to try putting a hose-end sprayer inline with a hose nozzle set on "jet" to get higher up in the trees. I'll fill the bottle full strength. "John Baker" wrote in message ... What is the ratio of soap to water? John "cat daddy" wrote in message ... "s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? I have used Palmolive Liquid or Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap or a mixture of the two for years to deter pests. Palmolive was a choice to use on flea-infested kittens years ago and I make a blend of the two to control leaf curler worms on my oak tree. Minty fresh and aroma therapy in the garden......... |
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"Elizabeth" wrote in message news:l_c2e.626$WM6.595@okepread07... "s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? Yep - seems to work pretty well. Use one that has no perfumes or additives though, like Ivory or Dove. Oh, but that takes all the fun out of the aromatherapy part........ I now use Palmolive with Lavender and Ylang Ylang essences.... }:-) Plus, Dr. Bronner's Peppermint has so many uses listed that surely a little insect aversion must be one of them. |
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Update: Sprayed the oak with the hose end sprayer on Tuesday. It's the
healthiest its ever looked. Usually, I don't get around to it until the leaf curlers have done some damage and then fail to spray again. So, last year's dosing was more effective than I thought, considering the lack of a new crop of baby worms this year. "cat daddy" wrote in message ... I usually put about a cup of the combined soap in a two gallon sprayer, but I don't fill it to the top. I've poured in a few glugs of Listerine and a can of beer at times after reading about that tonic guy on TV, and not, when I read about that tonic guy on rec.gardens............ }:-) I found it just as effective, maybe more, than using BT on the leaf curlers, and definitely more pleasant to be covered in the spray. It's worked for me in really cutting back on the webworms, also. This year, I'm going to try putting a hose-end sprayer inline with a hose nozzle set on "jet" to get higher up in the trees. I'll fill the bottle full strength. "John Baker" wrote in message ... What is the ratio of soap to water? John "cat daddy" wrote in message ... "s" wrote in message m... Friend told me to mix up some dish soap and water in a spray bottle to deal with ants on my aloe and scale on my ficus. Pretty well saturated both plants with the stuff. Looks like may have worked... any folks have xp with this? I have used Palmolive Liquid or Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap or a mixture of the two for years to deter pests. Palmolive was a choice to use on flea-infested kittens years ago and I make a blend of the two to control leaf curler worms on my oak tree. Minty fresh and aroma therapy in the garden......... |
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