RE: [CH] DO NOT use the soap and listerine bug spray!!
shadow1@pioneer.net
Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:30:28 +0000
yes alcohol is a poison to plants .. but in dilute mixtures it is
fine. it is kinda like salt to the human body to much is fatal. I am
sure that you eat your share like me =). but coming from a
professional painter when alcohol or other solvents hit the air in a
fine spray like from a sprayer it evaporates very very quickly. but
unlike when the drink was poured into your orchid it was very thick
stream and the air only had alittle chance to take in some of the
alcohol. I hope that this helps with this subject.
From: Matt Kraft <MKraft@infotech-usa.com>
To: "'Ron M'" <swamp@netten.net>, chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: RE: [CH] DO NOT use the soap and listerine bug spray!!
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:19:10 -0400
Reply-to: Matt Kraft <MKraft@infotech-usa.com>
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,