I too used potassium permanganate back in my aquarist days, but I don't think it has the "oomph" to actually sterilize cuttings. - Dave On Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 1:05 PM Laura Grant via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Van Veen Nursery in Portland Oregon, propagators of Rhododendrons, dip the > cuttings in diluted clorox before planting. > Laura in Niagara > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 12:23 PM Shmuel Silinsky via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > I wonder. I used to soak aquarium plants in a potassium permanganate > > solution to kill unwanted hitchhikers from snails to protistans. I wonder > > if this would be effective for cuttings... What is the issue? Does Clorox > > help against bacteria, virus, fungi? > > Shmuel > > Jerusalem Israel > > Zone 9b > > > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 6:10 PM Tim Eck via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > I am going to take some cuttings for rooting and I would like to know > > what > > > would be a good concentration of clorox to use to sterilize them > without > > > damaging them. > > > Thanks > > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > PBS Forum latest: > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…