sulfur fungicide on orchids
 

Hi group,

I went out to check out some of the fungicides available where I live,
and I found one that seems pretty broad spectrum. It's a sulfur based
fungicide though (~12% sulfur) and I was wondering, would this be safe
for my orchids? I know some people dust fresh cuttings with sulfur...
Any info would be appeciated. TIA

Cheers,
Xi

Hello!

I know some people dust fresh cuttings with ground cinnamon !


"Xi Wang" wrote in message
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| Hi group,
|
| I went out to check out some of the fungicides available where I live,
| and I found one that seems pretty broad spectrum. It's a sulfur based
| fungicide though (~12% sulfur) and I was wondering, would this be safe
| for my orchids? I know some people dust fresh cuttings with sulfur...
| Any info would be appeciated. TIA
|
| Cheers,
| Xi

I think "Safer's" makes a spray fungicide that uses sulfur as the
active ingredient.

Many years ago, I used some Frasch sulfur from my rock collection
to clear up mildew that had absolutely covered the medium in which I was
growing at the time (tree fern- circa 1985). It worked very well, and had
no discernable negative impact on the phal seedlings.

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-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

Hi,

Yea, that's actually the one that I saw at the store. It's supposed to
be 12% sulfur. I'm not sure how they get it in solution really, because
it's supposedly elemental sulfur according to the CAS registry number.

Cheers,
Xi

Aaron Hicks wrote:

I think "Safer's" makes a spray fungicide that uses sulfur as the
active ingredient.

Many years ago, I used some Frasch sulfur from my rock collection
to clear up mildew that had absolutely covered the medium in which I was
growing at the time (tree fern- circa 1985). It worked very well, and had
no discernable negative impact on the phal seedlings.

The address in the header doesn't work. Send no email there.

-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ

I don't think the sulfur is dissolved. I've never used the stuff,
but it's probably just ultra-fine sulfur mixed with water.

If the bottle suggests shaking it really, really well before
application, than this is probably the case!

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-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ