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Out with the Jeyes again?
Dear all,
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. Keith |
Out with the Jeyes again?
"Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Dear all, 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. Keith 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 |
Out with the Jeyes again?
On 10/12/06 01:08, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote: "Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Dear all, 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. Keith 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? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
Out with the Jeyes again?
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 10/12/06 01:08, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote: "Keith (Dorset)" wrote in message ... Dear all, 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. Keith 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? Does that mean I'm likely to go to prison? Alan -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
Out with the Jeyes again?
"Martin" wrote...after No. It means it is not permitted by law in UK. (Huge snip) Only because we have too many Civil Servants and because they have nothing better to do they pass their time blindly following every silly rule that with common sense should not be applied to every case, unlike in France where their priority is to protect their way of life and do what their people want. Ever found a restaurant if France that keeps their cheese at the EU legal temperature, ie. cold? No, it's always at room temperature. Probably Jeyes can't or won't afford huge cost of the animal testing needed to continue it's use as an insecticide and get a MAFF number, rather like Armillotox. With all the pesticides etc taken off the market, personally I'm beginning to wonder if it's all a plot to stop ordinary people growing veg for themselves. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
Out with the Jeyes again?
"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... 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. |
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