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