RE: [CH] DO NOT use the soap and listerine bug spray!!
Matt Kraft (MKraft@infotech-usa.com)
Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:19:10 -0400
No Expert Here but Listerine Contains Alcohol. Alcohol Is poison to
plants.
I remember the party where someone spilled vodka on one of my orchids...
Sob...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron M [SMTP:swamp@netten.net]
> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 1998 7:34 PM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [CH] DO NOT use the soap and listerine bug spray!!
>
> Hi
> I used the recipe for the bug spray that called for 1/4 cup of dish
> washing detergent and 1/4 cup of listerine, diluted to 1 qt.with
> water,
> You know what happened? All the leaves are turning yellow and dropping
> off of my plants! The habs are esp. hard hit, I'm hoping that they'll
> recover, but I'm not very encouraged from the appearance of my plants.
> I
> guess if I'd stopped for a second and asked myself what listerine is
> used for, I might have spared my plants from this assault. Oh well,
> live
> and learn, after all, this is my 1st planting. But they were so
> pretty,
> green, and had many pods hanging( sob sob)
>
> Ron Marsh
>
>
> Blackadder Goes Forth:
> "I, on the other hand, have a degree from the University
> of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and
> three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the
> Shit Kicked Out of Me." -- Captain Edmund Blackadder,