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Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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5. The tea has helped me with serious insect problems,

Reply to Sentath (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 07:21 PM

Mar 2014

but I use it very sparingly and locally because it is toxic. I have only used it twice, once to get rid of white fly on a bush, and the other on spider mites on some flowers. But I used it only on those plants. It probably would kill the fish. And if you get it on your skin, the skin dries and peels....ick.

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Aaahh! Spider Mites [View all] Sentath Mar 2014 OP

Horticultural oil spray Major Nikon Mar 2014 #1

Volck, I will look into this. Sentath Mar 2014 #3

I assume that these are outdoors? Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #2

I don't think I want to do it by hand Sentath Mar 2014 #4

The tea has helped me with serious insect problems, Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #5