Jeyes fluid

bulkerb · February 2016

I have been told to use jeyes fluid to spray on the roots of roses any one here done that and what is the mix ratio so no to harm the plants .

Im using it to try and control black spot i have just sprayed the new buds with rose clear but want to make sure i protect from the ground up thanks Lester

Dovefromabove · February 2016

I wouldn't use it on soil - far too harmful to beneficial organisms - but here's the information http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/jeyes-fluid-uses/79970.html

Please take head of the warnings re toxicity, especially to cats. The effects are truly horrendous.

Dovefromabove · February 2016

pansyface wrote (see)

As you can see from this fact sheet, Jeyes fluid is a very toxic substance with many many warnings about its danger to life and health. It is closely related to creosote.

http://www.e-hygienesystems.com/coshh/sheets/Jeyes%20Fluid.pdf

It will kill anything which it touches, in any dilution, and does not decay on contact with soil. If you want to kill all living things in your flowerbed - worms, spiders, the lot - in addition to some blackspot spores Jeyes fluid is the way to go.

I grow a lot of roses. I live in a rainy part of the country. The best way to keep blackspot at bay is to pick off affected leaves and burn them, pick up fallen leaves and burn them, keep the ground around the rose bushes hoed and crumbly so that the spores have less chance of boucing up off the soil during a rain storm and making sure that there is good ventilation around the plants.

Jeyes fluid is a foul thing. Personally, I think it should be banned.

I agree

JIMMMY · February 2016

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Total rubbish, my dad has used it for years, in his aviary and to clean up after the cat and dog, and most of the birds die of old age, and the cat is a grey beard at the moment!

It is safe in the hands of a normal person, only a fool would drink it, our enemies in the EC would ban water if they were able, as people actually drown in it!

Ps we do use it on plants and to clean pot and trays as well!

Jimmmy

Dovefromabove · February 2016

Jimmy, he probably used DDT too, just as my mother and grandmother did in their gardens - that doesn't mean we should.

As for cats, Steve the Gardening Vet wrote ...

Steve J wrote (see)

It seems, like anti-freeze, to be both palatable and toxic to cats.

And while aviary birds may not be adversely affected, the important micro-organisms in our soil are damaged by it's use.

However, as it's not illegal to use it my post contains the information bulkerb asked for, as well as my views on its use.

In this household it's used to disinfect drains - and that's all.

Ceres · February 2016

Horrid stuff but smells great if you like the smell of fresh tarmac hanging around for a week or few.

Dovefromabove · February 2016

Lupin 1 · February 2016

I have only used it to clean the inside of my GH and I could smell it for weeks.

bulkerb · February 2016

Wow some very powerful comments and now im not sure are there any other products out there that will contain black spot and the like.

Thank you all lester

Dovefromabove · February 2016

Lots of helpful information here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=270

Good luck

Steve 309 · February 2016

'snot a question of products - it's a question of techniques, as Pansy described

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