Physan is not a corrosive. You may get permanent eye damage from squirting
the concentrate into your eye. But you'd get that from bleach and Neem as
well. So best not to squirt anything into your eyes. If you're still
fearful, use goggles which is a good precaution anyone should take when
using sprays. For other things like tools, you can let them sit in Physan
for a week and they won't show any rust or other damage. A soak is best for
the kind of problem you have. Sprays just don't penetrate deep enough into
the tissue to eliminate the bacteria or fungus. You generally don't have to
soak the whole plant, just the cut or infected area. Some bacteria species
(especially Erwinia spp - Brown rot) can become systemic and require a whole
plant soak. Hope you can stop the infection before it takes all.
Gary

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-perusing MSDS's-

Ah ha! now i remember why i wasn't too eager to use physan or phyton:
"corrosive" "permanent eye damage."

i knew there was some reason i was staying away from them.... the
copper octanoate and neem are only considered irritants.

well, guess i'll be spending the weekend repotting. oh joy. (only
about 15 plants fortunately.)


or i may say the hell with it, spray them with neem, take my chances,
and if they die, they die. feh.


as always, thanks for the very informative discussion.

--j_a