Robert, is this really supposed to be an insecticide or is it an 
anti-fungal agent?

By the way, I think the word you're looking for is "surfactant."

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario


On Wed, 2 May 2007, robert and benita rabello wrote:

> Mr. Lunan told me to mix a concoction of baking 
> soda and water, with a little bit of dish soap to act as a surficant 
> (Surfacant?  If the root word is "surface," why does the spelling change? 
> Sometimes I HATE this language!) and spray my trees as soon as the blossoms 
> fell off.  I expressed concern that this might have a negative impact on the 
> wasp colony that feeds on my insect pests, but he said that it shouldn't be 
> toxic to the predators.
>
>   Hmm . . .  How can that be?

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