Best of luck. I worry about my garden frogs ingesting anything that has come into contact with this fluid? I haven't got this problem but I did hear Gardeners' Question Time discussing it. As far as a fungicide goes, we think it's the safest of all, whilst still able to do the job. this is true Jeyes is made from tar acids Tar has carcenogenic properties in it and according to Jeyes after contacting them last year by phone Jeyes should not be used on a veg patch for obvious reasons. Garden Gift Hub is one of the most thoughtful and interesting places on the web to find original and useful gardening and nature inspired products. To this end we do an Extended Programme of applications sent automatically every 8 weeks. I keep reading that the original is not available now and also Jeyes will be discontinued by November 2016 here in the uk. ON AN OLD TIN OF JEYES IT RECOMMENDS 25ML OF JEYES TO 10 LITRES OF WATER. As usual, could be wrong. Jeyes fluid for garden by: Megan Jeyes fluid is not made in NZ now I gather, but there is a company that imports it from UK: www.cleanerswarehouse.co.nz The other possibilities would be Mitre 10 and Moore Wilsons - I'll check them out in the near future. Either way, I love my roses regardless of blackspot and it won't stop me buying more, it's so hard for me to resist David Austin roses, I just love them. It worked! Simply click here to return to. I think the EU has banned it from being used in gardens (not that that always stops people). What happened to Wales >:( did it sink or is it floating accross the sea to join USA? Once when visiting a nursery I commented on how good the tomatoes looked - how could I get mine to grow like that ? Much of it grasses and cereal as its where the old bird table used to be. Jim. Can I use Keyes on slabs to get rid of moss. Don't use Keyes fluid unless you read the instruction .the man next-door to me is using it and about eight square feet of my garden is dead as he will be if he keeps it up. Phew!, my roses I sprayed with Jeyes look absolutely fine after spraying them with diluted fluid recently and also drenching the surrounding soil too. :o. mr mimi says , it was banned so they changed the formula, removing naughty bit so its ok to use new stuff. hi i have used jayes fluid on two of my raised beds. i.e. The ratios are 40ml of Jeyes to 5ltrs of water. The bottom was completely corroded away!! I had an allotment in south Wales and we all used Jeyes fluid to sterilize the soil. annodomini Sun 20-Jan-13 20:50:37. I give a treatment in the spring as soon as the weather is warm enough and another in the Autumn before it gets too cool. But have checked on the can and it says it degrades down in the soil and is safe without harming some beneficial insects like hoverflies. USE IT BEFORE A WINTER SETS IN TO ALLOW RAINS TO WASH IT OUT OF THE SOIL. Does anybody know of a similar priced alternative. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. How? It's easy to do. When I left home, a tin was left behind in dads garage, and long after he had gone to meet his maker Ava cleared the garage out for mum and came across this tin....and the jeyes had eaten it's way out of the tin! Any advice will be very gratefully relieved. Q. One of our friends used it on his lawn with outstanding results. Bearng this in mind I contacted the company and ased the question ,"CAN JEYES BE USED ON THE ALLOTMRNT DISINFECT THE GROUND?". APPLY AT 20 LITRES PER SQUARE YARD - IE TO SOIL SATURATION POINT - IT WILL PENETRATE DEEP ENOUGH TO ENSURE STERILIZATION. ITS NASTY STUFF AND IS CARCINOGENIC.