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RE: dish soap



> From:	g. roseberry [SMTP:gypsy@psyber.com]
> Sent:	10 June, 1998 22:17
> To:	veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject:	Re:dish soap
> 
> When I was a child, my mother always took the dish water outside and she
> would throw it over the rose plants. She said that it kept away the aphids.
> And it  does!
> 
>  I use soapy water in a container that goes on the hose, with dish soap in
> it, and spray all of the fruit trees. It keeps the leaves from curling and
> keeps the bugs off of them.
> 
> Gloria

Hmm, I missed this thread. I seem to have aphids (sp?) all
over my tomoto plants. Is it true that I can spray them with
soapy water to rid them of this pest? If so, what kind of 
soap (Ivory?) and, I grow mustard greens between my tomoto
plants, will this ruin my mustard greens?

Thanks,
Bob
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