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Old 05-08-2008, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JLu View Post
It is not a good time to be experimenting with a John Wayne style snake oil recipe that cures everything from the common cold to cancer.
I know this was a general shout-out, but my recipe does not cure cancer - just kills aphids, gnats and whitefly. Pretty standard recipe, except for using peppermint or ginger soap instead of Dove; peppermint and ginger burns the mouth-parts of the insect (like biting into an Altoid) and using Dr. Bronner's soap avoids lauryls and laureths, which are pretty harsh chemicals.
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