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Originally Posted by blondie56
WillieP
sorry for your troubles but I have a remedy for your nasty catapillars the next time they attack your olleanders! Mix some Dawn dish detergent with water into a spray bottle and spray the heck out of them and they will drop like flys! No harm to the plants, but kills all the darn catapillars!  |
DAWN detergent...........AMEN.............works every time. Cheap, efficient and environmentaly friendly. ANOTHER use for DAWN.... pour mix on potted plant soil and ground plantings too. ALSO.. when a hole is dug for NEW ground plantings.... load the hole with lots of DAWN and hose it in. Then do the planting. Bugs in the soil will not attack. (even if they survive). BUT>>> it MUST be DAWN. I just killed ALL the bugs on a 25+ foot Live Oak using a Nerf Super Soaker Water CANNON. Now that is a SQUIRT GUN the "POSSE" should have. Neighbors lock up their Dogs and hide the grandkids when I APPEAR in the yard with that "thing".