"Martin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:51:01 -0000, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)"
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A fungicide is a pesticide.

http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/c...esticides.html
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Martin

Thanks for the link. I never realised everything was a subdivision of
pesticides

Don't mention it I wasn't sure until you queried it.
I quoted a scientist so I assumed he knew more than us. :-)
I'd like to know if copper is safe or not, the Dutch at one time banned
copper
antifouling on boats on inland waterways, because they said it was unsafe to
let it get into the ground water.
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Martin

Yebut I am a (or was) a scientist and these sorts of things I thought I knew
about:-(
Bordeaux and cheshunt are both copper based fungicides.I use the latter on
seedlings to prevent damping off and other nasties. I believe that it's OK
to use cheshunt for this purpose but not as an antifungal spray on plants.
The rules appear to vary and AFAIK the French still use vast amounts of
Bordeaux on vines.
As I mentioned before, Copper is cumulative and if I was veg gardening then
I would prefer not to use it. I think last time the group discussed this
matter we worked out that you would need to eat a lot of copper contaimnated
veg before you excedded the recommended levels.