Re: Aphids and soapy spray

On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:11:22 +0100, stuart noble
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wrote:

>Chris Hogg wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:42 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
>> <mary.fisher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 
>>> "Martin Brown" <|||newspam|||@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Simplest cheap one is probably as good as any. The fat based soft
soaps 
>>>> are supposed to be better at gungin up insect breathing holes.
>>> You could spray thin cooking oil, that would impede their respiration.
>>>
>>> Mary
>>>
>> Many of the 'green' insecticides available are little more than that,
>> except that they emulsify the oil to give a thick white gloop that you
>> dilute. I'm sure if you took a couple of tablespoons of cooking oil of
>> your choice, added a few drops of soap of your choice and whizzed the
>> mix well in a pint of water in a liquidiser, you'd get the same thing
>> for a fraction of the cost. That's assuming it didn't just fill the
>> kitchen with froth!
>
>Might as well just use a cheap shampoo if that's all they are

or wa****ng up liquid with a dash of methylated spirits and a twist of
lime.
-- 

Martin