I guess I stand corrected. Thanks, Lou and Ina. ----- Original Message ----- From: "lou jost" <loujost@yahoo.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:29 PM Subject: [pbs] Cinnamon and other fungus remedies > Hi Ina, > Cinnamon is a commonly used fungicide among orchid growers. We use it as > a dust. In my experience it really works, though I can't say I have made > controlled scientific tests. > I am as skeptical of new age nonsense as anyone (probably more > skeptical). There is nothing unreasonable about expecting tree bark > derivatives to have antifungal properties. If you live in tropical > forests, one of the most strikinbg things you can observe is the great > variation in decay rates of different kinds of wood. Local people are well > aware of this and use only certain woods