I hosed the baby tree off today. Most of the white stuff came off. I was spraying it with CS and was pleased the white was decreasing. Probably was just because it was washing it! A poorly designed study on my part.
I may spray t with soap water later. And yes, there are lots of ants in the house! I told my dad to set a trap with DE. I tried it a couple months ago, but it worked too well. The ants died before they could return to their home. David On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 8:02 AM, MaryAnn Helland <[email protected]>wrote: > That's exactly what I use. If it's a small plant, I dunk it in soapy > water. If it's a large plant, I spritz it with soapy water. > MA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ode Coyote <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, November 4, 2011 8:40:25 AM > > *Subject:* Re: CS>watering plants with CS > > > > Soap water will drown just about anything and most plants love it. > > ode > > > > At 10:21 PM 11/3/2011 -0500, you wrote: > > No, you won't see the critters. What you can do is smash some of the > white stuff between your fingers. If it winds up sticky--it's spider > mites. You don't see them because they are so tiny--mites! > > > > You can get a magnifying glass and watch them move, sometimes. The > white fuzzy stuff is a waxy coating so they are impervious to a lot of > things--that's why it takes a heavy stream of water to 'blow' them off or a > physical wipe with a wet cloth. > > > > It could be something else, like powdery mildew, but if only on the > underside of the leaves it's usually spider mites. If even on plant had > them where you got the tree they spread from plant to plant. When they get > really badly infested they'll start showing up at leaf junctions too. > > > > Samala, > > Renee > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > > > I can't see any critters with the naked eye. Just white stuff. It is > mostly on the bottom sides of the leaves though. I suppose I could hose > the tree. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
