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Best way to get bird poop off cacti?

9 years ago

My Trichocereus and some of my bigger Echinopsis hybrids vacation under a flowering peach tree for the summer. They love it and I have a lot of buds forming.

This year my neighbor had a nest of those wonderful Magpies that decided that the peach tree was the perfect spot to sit and make noise and poop. They were eating my cucumber and pumpkin leaves so I got one of those big eyeballs and they high tailed it. I'm just glad that they didn't get curious about my plants.

So they are gone, but the poop remains. What can I use to wash it off some of my plants? Tried to google this, but didn't find any answer.

Thanks!

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Comments (4)

Joe1980
9 years ago
Toilet paper has always worked for me....

Joking aside, I'd say a blast of water.

Joe
plantlover80
9 years ago
Joe, Your funny :-)
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
9 years ago
I might add a tiny bit of dawn in the soap if you can, but water should do it. You are where it is dry so it should not hurt the plants with rot.
notolover
Original Author
9 years ago
LOL

I never thought of toilet paper, but I think it's going to be hard to teach the cacti how to use it.

So I'll try the Dawn.

Thanks everyone!

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