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Set fire to your Cannas!
Reading bits of "Roses love Garlic" I saw a passage that says burning Canna
leaves in a bucket in a greenhouse is a great help in ridding it of whitefly, aphids etc. The writer suggests getting a metal bucket and putting rolled up newspaper in the bottom. Then put a piece of mesh across the top of the bucket and Canna leaves on top of the mesh, having lit the newspaper. The idea is to get the leaves to smoulder gently, filling the greenhouse with smoke. -- Sacha (remove the weeds after garden to email me) |
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Set fire to your Cannas!
"Sacha" wrote in message ... Reading bits of "Roses love Garlic" I saw a passage that says burning Canna leaves in a bucket in a greenhouse is a great help in ridding it of whitefly, aphids etc. The writer suggests getting a metal bucket and putting rolled up newspaper in the bottom. Then put a piece of mesh across the top of the bucket and Canna leaves on top of the mesh, having lit the newspaper. The idea is to get the leaves to smoulder gently, filling the greenhouse with smoke. -- Are they supposed to contain some sort of insecticide then? Wouldn't surprise me because they seldom seem to suffer with aphids etc. Just slugs when small. -- Regards Bob Some photos of my plants at..... |
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Set fire to your Cannas!
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from Sacha contains these words: Reading bits of "Roses love Garlic" I saw a passage that says burning Canna leaves in a bucket in a greenhouse is a great help in ridding it of whitefly, aphids etc. The writer suggests getting a metal bucket and putting rolled up newspaper in the bottom. Then put a piece of mesh across the top of the bucket and Canna leaves on top of the mesh, having lit the newspaper. The idea is to get the leaves to smoulder gently, filling the greenhouse with smoke. Might not do gardeners any good either. If you try this, hold your breath and run. Janet. |
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Set fire to your Cannas!
On 27/6/04 6:50 pm, in article , "Janet
Baraclough" wrote: The message from Sacha contains these words: Reading bits of "Roses love Garlic" I saw a passage that says burning Canna leaves in a bucket in a greenhouse is a great help in ridding it of whitefly, aphids etc. The writer suggests getting a metal bucket and putting rolled up newspaper in the bottom. Then put a piece of mesh across the top of the bucket and Canna leaves on top of the mesh, having lit the newspaper. The idea is to get the leaves to smoulder gently, filling the greenhouse with smoke. Might not do gardeners any good either. If you try this, hold your breath and run. Are you suggesting urglers are infested with whitefly and aphids? ;-) Or maybe someone should let us know if the 'hey man' effect actually happens. ;-)) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds after garden to email me) |
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