I'll tell ya why we do it Jim and Kitsuni......
Cause Kimura said so.
I NEVER wet the jin first, why?....because the LS spiderwebs into the bark
and looks like crap!
I always wondered when listening to Kimura talk about what wood to keep as
jin, ONLY REALLY OLD wood, I've seen him talk about jin on collected old
Ponderosa and Rocky Mtn. Juniper and say it was too YOUNG of wood !? and
wouldn't last because not dense enough.?
Then, spray jin with water before applying lime sulfur on stuff he WAS
jinning..
I ask....If jin wood should ONLY be old , hard, tight wood the water doesn't
sink in anyway so why use it. Never bought that one myself. No water before
LS looks best.
Also, Jim, I've NEVER seen any damage from LS on bark, foliage OR soil!
It could just be because I don't read enough books though! :)
Regards,
Dale


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitsune Miko"
Subject: [IBC] Applying Lime Sulfur
The wetting oaf the dead wood has
never made sense to me.


--- Jim Lewis wrote:
I've been told that it helps to spray the jin
lightly with a
spritzer bottle of water directly before brushing
the LS on;
I've done it with and without and have seen
absolutely no
difference -- except that the LS tended to run
sooner when the
jin was damp and I spent more time wiping it away
from live
tissue. (I have, BTW, NEVER seen LS damage live
bark. It may
well damage roots if it is really slopped onto the
soil, but I
don't think you need to be a cleanliness fanatic --
unless
that's just how you are. ;-)

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