One of the main reasons that Clorox is used as a sterilizer in horticulture is that Clorox is toxic to most pathogens and fungi but not toxic to most green plants. The reason for letting the Clorox dry before dipping in rooting compound is that liquid Clorox will break down the rooting agent. Marc Falls City, OR On 9/7/2023 10:13 AM, David Schaeffer via pbs wrote: > 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://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…