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Green fly / soapy water
"Victoria Clare" wrote in message .222... Martin Brown wrote in : In message , Jaques d'Altrades writes The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Washing-up liquid is not soap. But it does the trick. You do have to be careful what you use it on. Some plants do not like this treatment. I defoliated a bay tree once this way. It stripped the surface waxy coating and the leaves desiccated within a few days of application. ... This is why I suggested using only a drop. A drop in how much water? 1 cc? 1 litre? 100 litres? I managed to do horrible things to a honeysuckle one year, by making it too strong a solution. Had used it the year befo no problem, but I think my 'squirt' was bigger the second time. It bounced back, but I had to prune it hard, as the leaves went black in midsummer and it looked truly awful. I sounds quite seriously as if one should lay off using this particular cure. Franz |
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