Hydrogen peroxide
Jadeboy48@aol.com (Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:58:05 PDT)
What I like about it is that it is low cost and it really works. Powdered
sulfur has been use for centuries as a disease control and it is very safe
to humans! Russ H.
In a message dated 4/5/2013 11:14:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
totototo@telus.net writes:
On 5 Apr 2013, at 6:36, Jadeboy48@aol.com wrote:
With some very expensive plants ( In the 500$ range+) that had rot
problems
at the nursery we unpotted the plant, scraped off as much rotten tissue
as
possible then dusted it with flowers of sulfur. It is just powered sulfur
and can be found at most drug stores. It kills almost all fungi it
hits.Let
the plant stay dry to let the rotten area heal. It is very safe and has
been
used on people for several thousand years to kill germs.
Many years ago I attended a study weekend at which Paul Christian gave a
lengthy talk on the propagation of bulbs. (I think it was at a hardy plant
study weekend in Lynwood, Washington.) He extolled the virtues of sulfur
as a
fungicide to use on the wounds some propagation techniques produce,
offering as
one of its great advantages "it stays where you put it."
Yes, sulfur: good stuff.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate
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