[pbs] Twin Scaling of Galanthus

Douglas Westfall eagle85 at flash.net
Wed Dec 8 13:42:06 EST 2004


J.E. ShieldsDoug Westfall jshields at indy.net11111Claiborne Dr. Long Beach, CA

> Fungicides are of several types.  There are surface-contact sporicides like
> Daconil, and there are systemic fungistats like thiophanate-methyl and many
> others.
> 
> Surface sterilization with Clorox (5.25% sodium hypochlorite) diluted 1 to
> 20 in water is very effective; soak for about an hour. Less caustic
> sterilizing agents are the cationic detergents like Physan and Consan.  It
> is a very good idea to sterilize your work space and your tools with at
> least a 10-minute soak in Physan 20 solution (1 tablespoon [15 mL] Physan
> 20 in 1 US gallon [3.785 L] of water).
> 
> Jim Shields
> in central Indiana
^^^^^^^^

This is the process that I have used on Veltheimias at UCI arb.  It works.

Doug Westfall



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