Re: Rot Prevention

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.12.11 at 21:15:34(7884) I wonder why one would 'treat' a rare and valuable plant tuber with an experimental at best dip into a potentially damaging and experimental solution when there are tested and proven cures such as 'BANROT' CAPTAN and MANY others available that are SPECIFICALLY developed for these rot problems? I sure would not try it on any of my tubers that were and ARE becoming MUCH more difficult if not impossible to obtain and even ship! Julius +More >>I dunno Bill. I gently scrubbed problem Arisaema tubers with it and let them air dry. Cleans off all schmutz and I believe that any litter critters onboard were jumping for their lives. Bonaventure Magrys pring.com> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent by: cc: aroid-l@mobot. Subject: Re: Rot Prevention org 12/11/2001 10:37 AM Please respond to aroid-l I know I am going to get smacked for this, but.... regardless, why would this be "better" than using one of the MANY fungicide products on the market? Cost? As far as I know, Hydrogen peroxide has great "disenfectant properties" but I dont know if you would find it to be a broad spectrum fungicide. aroid-l@mobot.org wrote: > At a recent orchid society meeting, the speaker mentioned that he uses hydrogen peroxide (3%) to treat orchids that have experienced a problem with rot. Basically, he waters the plant on its regular schedule, but for three waterings he uses hydrogen peroxide. His reasoning was that apparently plants (at least orchids) produce a weak hydrogen peroxide solution at the interface between leaf and stem when the plant is dropping a diseased leaf. His reasoning being that if the plant produces it inside, it should have no problem with it being applied on the outside. Long story, short question. Does anybody have any idea if this procedure might help combat rot in dormant potted amorphophallus tubers? Bill Weaver bill_weaver@hp.com

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