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Thanks, I think I'll go with Physan. Even though it is more expensive
than bleach, I don't mind the smell of Physan. I had been putting Whisk
detergent in the trays to make them easier to clean, and it does work,
but it didn't seem to slow down algae growth at all. (One commercial
orchid grower says that he mixes Whisk in with his fertilizer, so I
assume that it can't be bad.) I will probably still clean out my trays
every month, just for aesthetics--whenever anyone comes over, the very
first thing they do is race to "the orchidarium" to see what's
blooming, so I like my trays to look clean.

BTW, I didn't know that putting Physan on roots was a bad idea. When
I'm repotting, I snip off any dead roots, rinse the root mass, and then
spray the entire root mass with Physan (1 T per gallon of water). I've
also used straight hydrogen peroxide as a bacteria and virus
preventative. Is there a better way?



In article , Al
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I use 'country fresh' when flasking. It does mask the chlorine smell
somewhat and there is nothing more pleasant then choking on "country fresh"
chlorine gas fumes. I might have to try the lemon or orange scent.

Physan in the trays works a bit to hold off algae. At least it did in my
trays when I grew in the basement. Chlorine, physan, whatever...the trays
still need to be cleaned out several times a year and the gravel rinsed of
debris. And of course, it goes without saying that one needs to be doubly
careful to keep roots out of chlorine or physan impregnated humidity/catch
tray water.


"Rob Halgren" wrote in message
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Unless you use the lemon scented bleach... Which is what I do. It
doesn't actually smell much like lemons, but it smells a lot better than
regular bleach. Actually there are a number of different scents added to
bleach nowdays, very fashionable...



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