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  • PurplerainPurplerain Posts: 1,053
    edited August 2018
    I have examined this photo carefully several times and still can't see the BCG mark.
    SW Scotland
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    :D
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    If it wasn’t called Ecover it was a forerunner delivered to our door by the fortnightly whole foods delivery van. Thinking back its name  did change around the late 70s can’t remember what it used to be calledbut the formulation was pretty much the same whatever it’s name was. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Ecover isn't anything clever, really (considering the price). Detergents based on plant extracts have been around for as long as there have been detergents. Brand names come and go but the stuff in the box is the same 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Exactly Rgirl :)  .... living out in the sticks we would’ve used whichever brand the whole food store was delivering that week. Eventually Ecover became the most widely available brand in most such shops.  The principle of my actions in 1976 was the same whichever brand it was that month.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It never does very well in the Which tests.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Gets our washing up clean with no problems ... or so my OH tells me  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    My lovely washing and dishwasher repair blokey says that Ecover is a bit of a disaster for actually cleaning things. And all eco-y products. They don't kill things very well (as the name suggests) and combined with eco-efficient machines that wash on low temps mean that much bacteria tend to live and build up in their warms and cosy homes.He recommended using a regular soap, on the highest heat setting, once a month to keep your machine clean. I do that now.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    Ah well there you are ... when I say it works for us I’m talking about one of us (usually OH) standing at the sink with a mop, sponge and a bowl of hot water ... not loading it into a machine  ;). and it certainly did no harm to my hedge when watered with it ,  which was my point. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    My OH is a bit obsessive about washing up. I have dubbed him Pontius Plate.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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