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Old 17-01-2008, 04:16 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
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Default Disease Spread (was changing potting medium)


"K Barrett" wrote in message
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To prevent contamination we would need to wear latex gloves and
sterilize them between plants.

You *don't*? I do. Or I wash and bleach my hands between plants, being
sure to get under the nails.


No I don't and I never did. You also have to sterilize the pan between
each plant. You must have a lot of free time. How many plants do you
have?


I stopped counting at 700, so there are more than that in my collection.


And you soak them all one at a time, washing disinfecting your hands and the
soaking pan between each plant? I can only assume you have hired help.
;o)





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Cross contamination is very difficult to prevent.

Which doesn't mean you don't do your darndest try to prevent it.


This is true, but I don't have the time to sterilize the soaking pan and
my hands after each and every plant.



tsk

K Barrett