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Re: Essential Oils Fail
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 8 Nov 2014 23:24:03 -0000
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>Additional ingredients were soap ...

As I suspect that we all know, soapy water makes a very effective spray to kill many pests in the garden (why do farmers not just spray soapy water???).

However, thymol - which was not directly mentioned - is a very effective pesticide; I use it to kill white fly on African violet house plants.  Just put the pot in a polythene bag with thymol crystals for a day or two and all the white fly will die with no harm to the plant.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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