From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fire Blight Pruning Tools?
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:05:21 -0500
How about Lysol spray? It's very convenient, no spills.
I've been waiting for a reply to Mark's excellent question, so I thought
I'd re-post it. I thought his suggestion of using Lysol spray
disinfectant on pruners was a great idea - *very* convenient, and easy
on the pruners. I wasn't thinking about fireblight in particular, but
the can says it "kills viruses, germs, mold & mildew." Also, that it
"kills 99.9% of germs in 30 seconds." (Obviously, though, it wasn't made
for garden implements.)
Re. the active ingredients, it's 58% ethanol and .1% , er,... something
else (I'm not going to bother trying to spell it). Oh, yeah, and it's
got a "clean, fresh fragrance." Heh, heh. What more could you want?
Well, maybe that it would actually work? Does anyone know?
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true
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