What kind of detergent can I use to wash my home's exterior that will not harm my lawn and garden,esp Roses?

Question

What kind of detergent could I use as a House wash. I want to clean the steel siding but I'm worried if I don't use the right soap that I could end up ruining my yard. I also have hedges and some rose bushes that I don't want to ruin either. Name brands and where I could buy it would be very helpful. Price would be helpful as well. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Use dishsoap (about 1 cup to 1.5 cups) in a 20 gallon water sprayer attachment that hooks onto the end of your garden hose. It won't hurt the plants. In fact some gardeners such as Jerry Baker recommend using it on your lawn so that it cleans the dust off the grass before applying liquid fertilizer to allow liquid fertilizer to get absorbed by the the grass easier leaves easier. The most recommend I've heard is Dawn. Don't use an antibacterial dish soap. And make sure to use dish soap (like you use for hand washing dishes) and not dish detergent like you use in a dishwasher.

Answer 2

My husband went to Home Depot and bought some ZEP for power spraying the house exterior, this was for vinyl siding on my house. It did not cause any damage to the yard or plants surrounding the area. I think it is also okay to use on SS.

Answer 3

I use SA8 with Bioquest. It is completely safe for garden. Price canadian dollar- 51.00/- for 4.5kg. ( upto 150 loads.) The product is available to registered members only.

Answer 4

Try organic detergents : Here are some of them . Pick the one that you feel will work best for the outside ( like multiuse or even laundry detergent)

http://www.sunandearth.com/allproductspreviewpage.aspx?Cid=0

https://purenaturalclean.net/Hand_Dishwashing.html

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Answer 5

Dish soap.,, it will also kill bugs on plants' leaves. if you have lady bugs,, try to catch them, and save them, while using any kind of soap, then rinse plants well, then reurn lady bugs,,,lady bugs love to eat aphids, which love to eat roses.