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Originally Posted by articuno75  I took all my newly bought chids and looked at the medium...
REPOT!!!
So.... I grab one orchid, clean it, repot. Noooo biggy. Next one,,, piece of cake  . Then I grab The Burr. Dee Luce.  OMG.....Everything known to man and then some was in that thing....
I'm talking snails with no shells, beetles, ants and yours truly, La Coo ka ra cha cockroach
I bout passed out.
Luckily I had made a batch of Brookn's dishsoap recipe in a big arse bowl and soaked them in it first. NO JOKE, It kills critters on contact. Even slugs and snails. I think it has to do with the extract. Don't know. All I know IT WORKS, I LIKE IT AND I'M STICKING TO IT....
Brookn, your mad science pays.....  |
I was so glad you posted this recipe the other day.
I happen to have cinnamon oil (medicinal quality) on hand and not only made your concoction but used it.
I did a little experiment - very little.
I sprayed other 'bug killers' I have on a few little critters and waited. They ended up going about their business.
I used the:
10 drops of detergent
1.8 ml of cinnamon extract
16 ounces of filtered water
on both previously sprayed bugs which were unaffected by my other 'bug killers' and I used it on bugs which had not been strayed with anything.
INSTANT DEATH.
I have already given away enough of this concoction to have used up all my cinnamon extract which was 29 ml (1 ounce).
I will go out and purchase more extract and hide it in a safety deposit box.
THE BEST INSECTICIDE I HAVE EVER USED
and so far I have not seen any photo-sensitivity.
You meant it when you said - "NO JOKE"
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EDIT: Although I will continue to use this as it, no doubt, works like a dream for its intended purpose...
- The new, more tender leaves and thin leaves of my Phaius foliage and the foliage of similar thinness on other orchids and houseplants are turning black. This is happening to both plants I have under fluorescent lights and natural daylight indoors.
I may need to tweak the formula a bit.
Or at the very least wait and see how far any damage to foliage may go.
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“It is pleasant at times to play the madman.” – Seneca (5 BC – 65 AD)