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Old 27-04-2010, 11:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bertie Doe Bertie Doe is offline
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"Mike Lyle" wrote
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Dave Hill wrote:
I don't know how many remember me posting a couple
of years ago about
a customer who said he had used asprin to clear
virus from a few of
his plants.
I keep meaning to try it but despite having bought
soluable asprin a
couple of times I keep forgeting.
Well I came across this article today.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/730/
I must remember to try it.


I don't think aspirin is really soluble, though:
that's why they now label it "dispersible" instead. I
see from the article that she used dimethyl
sulfoxide, which I'd never heard of, as a solvent:
it's much harder to get stuff here than in the US,
but somebody will know if it's OK and obtainable...


Sold as DSMO, got some hits on fleabay. Expensive
stuff, unless the dilution rates are high??
Ebay = http://preview.tinyurl.com/32pz4tf