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Green fly / soapy water
"Franz Heymann" wrote in
: "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? In the amount of water you'd expect to put in whatever container came to hand if you were planning to anoint a few rose bushes with it. That might be one litre, or it might be a washing-up-bowl-full. I made the (I think not unreasonable) assumption that John is an amateur gardener, and owns an ounce of common sense, and a bucket. I suggested in my previous post that simply giving them a good wash with a hosepipe would be my preferred option. Incidentally, I've found commercial pre-mixed insecticides damage some plants too. I have a Streptocarpus that hates everything I have tried: any recommendations for this would be welcome. Victoria |
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