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Re: [gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs
- From: <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:43:44 -0700
For what it is worth, I use baking soda on my roses all the time and haven't
noticed any insecticidal action from it....I do notice though that at above
3 tablespoons of baking soda per gallon of water, I start to get some leaf
damage on the very newest foliage.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anna Ingre" <ingreab@comcast.net>
To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:01 PM
Subject: [gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs
> Hello
>
> I will be helping take care of a friend's garden while she is away. She
> has introduced ladybugs and they are settling in to a good meal of aphids
> on her roses. Unfortunately, they are not the easy care varieties and
some
> have some mildew and blackspot. I said I would spray with a solution of
> baking soda.
>
> Does anyone know if such a solution will be toxic to the ladybugs or any
> other form of life except the fungus? I'll remove all of the infected
> leaves beforehand.
>
> Thanks
>
> Anna
>
>
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Re: [gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs,
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Re: [gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs,
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[gwl-g] Using baking soda solution on roses and ladybugs,
Anna Ingre, 07/06/2004
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