Re: Aphids and Soap

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• Subject: Re: Aphids and Soap
• From: p*@shadow.net (Dewey Fisk)
• Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:12:27 +0100
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>Seedlings are frequently infested by aphids. I put out ant traps. I prefer to
>use Safer Soap, but find that $10 for a little tiny bottle of concentrate to
>be a bit much. Does anyone have a cheaper soap alternative? One without suds?
>Fred

Take a bar of Ivory Soap, cut it into small pieces, let it stand in with
some water in it for a couple days....  There, you have a concentrate that
is 99.44% pure.... and should meet your "cheaper" qualification....  or so
says Ivory.
Dewey

Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut
THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

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