Is there a natural product one can pour onto stagnant water to stop mossies
from breeding?

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In article OCxci.18605$vT6.6988@edtnps90,
"Pinetree" writes:
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| Is there a natural product one can pour onto stagnant water to stop mossies
| from breeding?

A small amount of any oil will do - cheap cooking oil or linseed oil
are both fine. Just enough to form a one-molecule thick layer.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Pinetree" wrote in message
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Is there a natural product one can pour onto stagnant water to stop
mossies
from breeding?



Depending upon the nature of the "stagnant water" a couple of goldfish will
eat any larvae.

David.

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"Pinetree" wrote in message
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Is there a natural product one can pour onto stagnant water to stop
mossies
from breeding?



Depending upon the nature of the "stagnant water" a couple of goldfish
will eat any larvae.

Yebbut they clog the watering can :-(

Mary

Thanks all, I'll try the oil. Goldfish aren't an option, as I have a wily
Kingfisher and I'm fed up with feeding him. )




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pps. Should mention that the "oil" is for an old well - so no harm to the
Kingfisher, who wouldn't be able to get down that far ;o).


"Pinetree" wrote in message
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Thanks all, I'll try the oil. Goldfish aren't an option, as I have a wily
Kingfisher and I'm fed up with feeding him. )




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Pinetree writes
pps. Should mention that the "oil" is for an old well - so no harm to the
Kingfisher, who wouldn't be able to get down that far ;o).

So he wouldn't be able to get the goldfish either?

"Pinetree" wrote in message
news:Z4Bci.25733$nx3.10121@edtnps89...
Thanks all, I'll try the oil. Goldfish aren't an option, as I have a wily
Kingfisher and I'm fed up with feeding him. )




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Kay

I don't think anyone would keep goldfish down a well; not a lot of sunshine
down there g What's that rhyme: "Who put him in, little Tommy Tin?" Isn't
that about a well?
Someone just suggested goldfish, which I have in the ponds; but I was
explaining humorously why not goldfish, and that oil was the better plan for
the well. Not much else down there to harm; not even beneficial frogs. The
Kingfisher was a joke ;o)



"K" wrote in message
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Pinetree writes
pps. Should mention that the "oil" is for an old well - so no harm to
the
Kingfisher, who wouldn't be able to get down that far ;o).

So he wouldn't be able to get the goldfish either?

"Pinetree" wrote in message
news:Z4Bci.25733$nx3.10121@edtnps89...
Thanks all, I'll try the oil. Goldfish aren't an option, as I have a
wily
Kingfisher and I'm fed up with feeding him. )




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Kay