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Mature size of these roses
Radika Kesavan wrote:
Cass wrote: I heard of someone who swears by Listerine for PM. This is what desperation will lead us to. Ya know, Cass. That really ought to work well! Really, it ought to work as an excellent antimocrobial, and all with natural products, essential oils that is too, all known for aeons as antimicrobials before micorbes were even known. I kid you not. Here is an excerpt from an interesting website, marked with (my) emphasis to make the point: Phenolics Lister first suggested the used of phenol (carbolic acid) for sterilization in surgery the problem with phenol is that it is very irritating and has a bad odor today phenol is still used in throat lozenges and in throat sprays phenolics are organic compounds similar to phenol but without the bad smell and irritancy of phenol the active ingredient in Lysol is ortho-phenylphenol it is derived from coal tar and is a class of compounds called cresols Lysol is also 79% alcohol, enhancing the effectiveness of the phenylphenol another cresol is hexachlorophene, used as a surgical scrub and the active ingredient in pHisoHex hexachlorophene is also used in toothpaste, deodorants and soaps it is effective against Staphylococci and Streptococci common skin pathogens phenolics are good disinfectants because they are stable and persistent *Listerine is another common antiseptic and was first concocted by Lister in 1879 Warner-Lambert picked it up in 1881 and today it is a $400 million per year product Listerine is a mixture of thymol, eucalyptol, menthol and methyl salicylate: natural products ("essential oils") that include phenolics Listerine also contains over 25% alcohol which enhances its effectiveness phenolics act by disrupting cell membranes, inactivating enzymes, and denaturing proteins* So even with the alcohol, I might not need to dilute it because it will evaporate quickly anyway? I have a prospective victim in mind. I mean, if a rose is going into the green can if doesn't conquer PM, and it gets PM, what do I have to lose? There's a white patch of the stuff on one cane of a rose that suffered last fall. I tried rubbing it off, I tried milk and water, I tried neem oil, and now I may just give a a dab of Listerine that is under a sink somewhere. I also have Eco Erase, but hell, it's only March and it seems to early to pull out all the stops. |
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