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RE: sprays for aphids

On Thu 25 Jun, Allan Day wrote:
> On Thu 25 Jun, Lorraine Hoag wrote:
> > A University of California recommendation is:  Two or three tablespoons
> > liquid detergent per gallon of water will kill on contact aphid or most any
> > insect. There is no residual is the problem. Maybe for a little while but
> > not long. The trick is to keep checking as aphid return quickly. Did you
> > know aphid are born pregnant

Fact:-
Home-brewed mixtures of soap or detergent for use in the garden are
banned under EEC (Europe) rules
The specified concentration  alleged from UC is way above washing-up
dilution (e.g one short squirt in a bowl of water, and rinse off the
phosphate residue before drying) -surely there is something wrong here.
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