Re: Re Bathroom cleaning powder again

MISS SG GUYE wrote:
> 
>  2 weeks ago,  I noticed with horror ugly grey aphid type matter
> (later identified as White fly and aphid and possibly dead) on
> Ledas Lover (TB).  I tore inside for the Jeyes fluid disinfectant and
> wiped the offending matter away and then sprinkled the bathroom
> powder lavishly.  The plant looks fine now.  But today I see
> on Erhlene Richardson (TB and blooming for the first time for me) on
> the leaves grey ashy looking stuff.  It hasnt affected the bloom
> which is lovely  but would you advise using the powder again?  This
> is new to me as the only thing that has troubled all the old iris are
> snails and they withstand them no problem.  Our mentor in Maclean
> said he couldnt garden without household bleach apart from rot what
> else do you use bleach for in the garden.  Please tell if you have a
> moment.

Sally
Depending on how environmental you want to be there are several solutions. I don't 
know if clorine (the active ingredient in bathroom disinfectant that is used for 
rot) will do much for white fly. It will probably kill the aphids, but they can be 
just as easily controlled and killed by washing them off with a stiff spray from 
the hose. On the ground with nothing to eat or hide under the sun will do them in. 
If you have a lot of aphids you may also have to control the ants who move them 
around and harvest a sweet substance exuded by the aphids. White fly is controlled 
with yellow paper strips that have a tacky substance on the surface. White fly 
have a penchant for yellow, and when they land, they get stuck. You can make your 
own or buy premade traps (at least here in the US and I assume where you are). 
Works pretty well.


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1939 - Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time. The Captain flew 
his single-engine plane all over the place,  fighting crime. It was so popular 
that Ovaltine dropped its sponsorship of Little Orphan Annie to climb on board 
with Captain Midnight. Anybody have a secret decoder ring?

1935 - "Calling all cars..." The Adventures of Dick Tracy came to radio  for the 
first time this day. Based on the comic strip created by Chester Gould, the 
15-minute adventure show was  heard Monday thru Friday at 5:45 p.m. -- brought to 
you by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice. 

1630, John Billington, one of the first pilgrims to land in America, was hanged 
Plymouth, MA, for murder, becoming the first criminal to be executed in the 
American Colonies.

1659, Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe).

In 1880, Henry Draper takes the first photograph of the Orion Nebula.

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John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay) 
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