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Detergent no, liquid soap yes.
Soap has been used as a natural insecticide for years the trick is not to use too much or you will kill the leaves as well, the way it works is that it disrupts the insects cell membranes, and kills pests by dehydration.
Buy a liquid soap and not a detergent, something like Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Soap can be found in health food stores. mix 1 to 2 tablespoons liquid soap to 1 quart of water
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Does joy dish detergent kill fleas?
No
Will dish washing detergent kill you?
yes you will die
Does dish detergent kill fish?
Yeah!!! Be careful dude!
Does dish detergent kill germs?
Some do and some don't
Does Dish Detergent kill a plant?
Yes of course it has lots of chemicals in it!!
What will happen if the liquid detergent is used to water plants?
you will kill the plants
How do you kill white grubs?
to kill it use bug disaffecting
Is dishwashing detergent and water a good insecticide for plants?
It depends on what kind of bugs you are trying to kill. Soap and water works well on most soft bodied insects. For example spidermites, and fungus gnats.
Would dish soap kill cactus plants?
yep
Will dish detergent make you sick?
Most dish detergents are non-toxic, as far as they won't kill you. However, they are not good for you either. Ingesting dish detergent can severely irritate the throat and sinuses. It will also give a person or animal severe stomach upset. It won't take much to cause a bad case of diarrhea. If you ingest dish detergent, you should go ahead and contact your doctor for advice.
How do you kill love bugs?
Try mixing a small amount of liquid citrus dish detergent in a sprayer. The back of my house is light colored and was swamped with lovebugs (my house looked black instead of white). I attached a sprayer with liquid dish detergent to my hose and it started to kill them instantly, then they started flying out of my lawn and plants so I sprayed them as well. Seems to be working so far....
Will detergent kill plants?
YesIf you google detergent plants, a gazillion hits are returned on the subject of the effects of detergents on plants. Numerous experiments have shown that detergents kill plants of all types. surely detergent will kill the plants.. the reason being is detergents have the foaming agent such as sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) or sodium lauryl sulphate which can cleave the protein molecules present in the cells converting them into peptides by breaking the chemical bondings.. how can a plant survive without protein?Forget that comment at the bottom, I erased it.
