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Mar 1, 2021 5:18 PM CST
Name: BetNC
Henderson County, NC (Zone 7a)
Container Gardener Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader Tomato Heads Annuals Vegetable Grower
Folks, dish soap works BECAUSE all insects breath thru holes in their "skin" throughout their body. . . they don;t have lungs like us.

Soap coats that and prevents the oxygen exchange......so the insects die of suffocation.

(To clarify, aphids, mites, bugs are insects.)

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