Hydrogen peroxide
Rodger Whitlock (Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:13:44 PDT)
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.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate