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title: "My bonsai has just lost pretty much all of its leaves. About a week…"
description: "My bonsai has just lost pretty much all of its leaves. About a week about I sprayed it with water with a little bit of washing up liquid to try the kill some…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Daniel"
published: "2024-02-25T21:46:49.460575Z"
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# My bonsai has just lost pretty much all of its leaves. About a week…

_Posted by Daniel on 2024-02-25_

My bonsai has just lost pretty much all of its leaves. About a week about I sprayed it with water with a little bit of washing up liquid to try the kill some aphids but now this has happened, will it survive?

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## 1 comment

### SueB commented on 2024-02-26

I don’t know what you used for ‘dish soap.’ But I do know that many times ‘Dawn’ is used and it is a detergent not a soap and can actually harm plants. I use castille soap in my pest treatments.

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