Re: [gardeners] Saturday in the garden
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 15 May 2000 10:05:12 -0500
Ron Hay wrote:
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> George Shirley wrote:
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> > Today Miz Anne and I both doped up with Deepwoods Off and it held the little
> > devils off. They still buzzed around us but didn't land.
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> > George
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> Hello, all you tasty morsels:(
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> I, too, am a mosquito magnet. Vivian didn't believe it when we were first married,
> but has seen ample evidence during the course of the past 32 years.
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> What seems to work for me (i.e. 95% of the time!) is stuff called Jungle Juice
> that one obtains at backpacking/mountaineering stores. It's active ingredient(s)
> is(are) something abbrevieated as DEET. This repellent was developed for use in
> Vietnam.
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> I have used it often, especially around the high mountain lakes in the Sierra,
> while backpacking, where Vivian and I are two of the only warmblooded mammals
> larger than a marmot for miles around. Needless to say, I am a veritable lightning
> rod for mosquitos. As soon as I approach, they zero in on me. Out comes the Jungle
> Juice and that seems to keep them at bay, at least until I sweat it off climbing
> up the trail.
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> This is the best stuff I have ever found, after years and years of backpacking in
> the Sierra, where swarms of mosquitos lie in wait at every little seepage.
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> Ron
That's also the main active ingredient in Deep Woods Off. I've seen warnings
about not applying Deet too often or to children but don't remember what
overexposure is supposed to do. Anyone else remember?
George