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Is dishwashing detergent and water a good insecticide for plants?
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∙ 15y ago
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.
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How can you kill bugs?
Get some warm water and dishwashing detergent and spray them it kills on contact.
What is the ingredient in dishwashing liquid that kills flies?
The detergent allows the water the wet the fly - presumably it drowns - water without detergent will not get past the fly's oily water repellent coat
What is another use for liquid hand dishwashing detergent?
If you mix it with some water you can make bubble mixture
What kind of liquid can clean a penny the best?
Any gentle degreaser. Try starting with dishwashing detergent and water.
What will happen if the liquid detergent is used to water plants?
you will kill the plants
Is water or dishwashing detergent or milk warmer?
None is necessarily warmer than the others. No substance is inherently warmer or colder than another.
How many chemicals are in the detergent TIDE that are not good for plants?
water
How can you make your sponge not smell?
Fill a bowl with hot tap water. Add some automatic dishwashing detergent, or dawn if you don't have a dishwasher. Ring the sponge out thoroughly then put it in the bowl and let it soak for 20 min or so. The dishwashing detergent contains bleach and usually an oxygenating agent, both of which will kill the anaerobic bacteria living in your sponge and giving it its pungent aroma. Automatic dishwashing detergent is also usually lemon scented, which will help make it smell better too.
What is the chemical in dishwashing degergent that repels pepper?
It is not so much the chemical but what it does. Detergents act as a surfactant or an additive that reduces waters cohesion or the ability of the water molecules to hang onto one another. As you add the detergent, the water without the detergent hangs on to itself and the pepper, causing the pepper to be drawn away from the detergent/surfactant.
Does the presence of detergent in water affect plants growth?
yes because detergent is poisious to most all living things
How can you break the attachment of molecules in the surface tension?
The surface tension of water can be broken by adding dishwashing detergent to the water. This can be demonstrated by filling a bowl with water, then floating a needle in it. This may sound almost impossible, but it can be easily achieved by placing the needle on a tissue, then carefully floating it on the water. When the tissue sinks, the needle should remain on the surface. It is prevented from sinking by the water's surface tension. Carefully add one drop of dishwashing detergent, and the needle will sink. You can prove this was due to the surface tension being broken by trying to float the needle again. If you added enough detergent this should be impossible, as detergent acts as a wetting agent and breaks the surface tension.
What chemicals or other cleaning agents can be used to satisfactorily clean a test tube?
Soap and water usually do the trick. If that isn't working, try ethanol, acetone, or dishwashing detergent.
