The point of using a fungicide is not merely to surface-sterilise the chips, but to provide protection through the long incubation period when the chips are vulnerable to fungus attack. For surface-sterilisation I flip the chips as they are cut into methylated spirits for a minute or two: then they go into a Dithane 945 solution. Unorthodox, but it works. Incidentally, the word cuttage has crept into use here. I hope I'm not the only one who finds this an ugly neologism, when chipping or (twin-) scaling are the accepted terms and less suggestive of the operating theatre. John Grimshaw John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin D. Preuss" <hyline@tampabay.rr.com> To: <john@johnlonsdale.net>; "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Twin Scaling of Galanthus > A pinch of detergent and a mixture of about 5% Clorox will do fine > Kevin D. Preuss > http://www.amaryllis-plus.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >