"Jim Lewis" wrote in message
news:000001c2fadd$ffb0f9e0$f7102cc7@pavilion...

Doesn't this release lethal hydrogen sulphide gas?


I suspect that why you do it outdoors and don't breathe the
fumes.

True, but hydrogen sulphide (HS) is about as toxic as hydrogen
cyanide(HCN). It has a peculiar property in that if you can
smell it (rotten-egg odor), then it's in too low a concentration
to kill you. At toxic levels, it kills your nasal censors, so
you don't smell anything.

At the risk of being pedantic, I considered posting instructions
for making lime sulphur, but I considered it too great a risk to
recommend.



Do-it-yourself lime sulfur is NOT a task for the
faint-of-heart.
_I_ would recommend against it. Lime sulfur is one of the
oldest
of fungicide/pesticide concoctions. It will be available
everywhere, but you just will need to know what to ask for.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life
is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden


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