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- --- CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/6/00 6:03:49 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time, 
> ahrenshav at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> >  Will I have to go drastic by using a
> >  systemic poison?  My mother thinks we should just
> cut
> >  the whole bush down, but I am not ready to do
> that
> >  just yet.
> 
> You might try rottenstone or potash, which are both
> natural (?) substances 
> proven effective at getting rid of aphids, beetles,
> and a few other bugs.  
> Just dust the whole tree/bush with the stuff, and in
> a few days, check back 
> to see if it worked.  Potash can be found in most
> nurseries, and rottenstone 
> can be picked up at any decent furniture
> restoration/hardware store.  I have 
> had success with this when my "China Doll" got
> infested with spider mites, 
> and my tomatoes were being eaten alive by cutworms. 
> Of course, the china 
> doll has since gone on to plant heaven (boy, is THAT
> a hard one to keep 
> alive!)  Tomatoes are spot on, though.
> 
> Balthazar of Blackmoor


How do you dust the under sides of leaves?  On a bush
that is 12 feet tall and 4 feet by 4 feet thick and
fully leafed?  It would take me years to do all that,
and I probably would get more on myself than on the
plant .... sigh.

Huette


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