once ounce of bleach per gallon of water is a good disinfectant.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
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gah! rot below the medium. grrr. done the H2O2 thing; done the
cinnamon thing; lost two plants (one a seedling that i thought was
getting better, and the phal bellina from [insert name of large east
coast orchid grower which shall remain nameless--no one on here] that
started it all); now my Br. Lancer clone has it. did the H2O2 thing
and cut away the bad parts and cut the spikes off and sprayed with a
copper fungicide (all i had)--and now i'm paranoid the whole
collection's got it.

besides physan 20, what could i use as a prophylactic spray/drench on
the rest? these plants are in my living room so i don't want to go too
toxic; fan on them for 8 hrs a day; the rest of the time the heat
pump's running with two vents directly below the plants.

AND my african violets have powdery mildew. i think i'm just going to
switch to cut flowers.


--j_a, cross and grumpy