To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] decontamination of scionwood
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:53:35 -0600
At 12:38 PM 1/27/2004 -0500, Gordon wrote:
I use a mild bleach solution in with the paper and scions. It seems to
take care of the mold. But I still check every month till used.
A 1:30 dilution of regular household bleach(sodium hypochlorite solution,
5%?) is usually sufficient to kill most surface mold/bacteria, without
doing undue harm to plant or animal tissues.