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From: tarnopol@ttidcb.UUCP (Lewis Tarnopol)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: WARNING
Message-ID: <393@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 15:56:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 15:56:04 1985
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References: <2575@decwrl.UUCP> <380@ttidcb.UUCP> <10315@rochester.UUCP> <242@ttrdc.UUCP>
Reply-To: tarnopol@ttidcb.UUCP (Lewis Tarnopol)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <242@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
>nemo@rochester.UUCP in <10315@rochester.UUCP>:
>> 
>> > (wrt cutworms)  Direct spraying with 50%
>> > ammonia (mixed with tap water) does not work (although it's death to slugs
>> > and snails - also providing a mild foliar feed of nitrogen).  
>> > Lewis Tarnopol
>Just curious, what kind of ammonia is being referred to?  A 50% solution
>of household 'ammonia' would be less strong than a 50% solution of anhy-
>drous ammonia (if the latter was even possible).  Is there a 'garden'
>ammonia?  (Haven't noticed any such thing among the pesticides and garden
>fertilizers last time I was in a garden supply house, maybe I'll look harder.)
>If household ammonia was used, was it the clear or the sudsy kind?  (I'd
>presume you would want to use the clear kind.)  Also I would suppose that
>different brands of household ammonia differ in strength; presumably they
>could be equalized by testing with pH paper.  Just curious; it's been years
>since I gardened (live in apartment) but I enjoy reading this group.
>
>Dan Levy
>AT&T Teletype Corp.
>Skokie, Ill.
>...!ihnp4!ttrdc!ttbcad!levy
Dear Dan,
I used clear, non-soapy, plain-wrap, white (i.e. opaque white vs. green)
ammonia.  I don't think different brands would differ enough to make a
difference here.  And as an apartment dweller - try container gardening; it's
great!!
						Lew
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