Re: CULT:more on cygon...




>>     Hopefully, some less toxic compound could be found to control the 
Iris
>>Borers other than the commonly used poisons.
>
>This is really off the wall, but I remember hearing that boats are 
often now
>painted with hot pepper based paints (cayenne, habenero, etc.) because 
the
>barnacles find it distasteful and won't grow there.

I've tried that in the past.  The paints contain Sulphuric acid and can 
burn the plant althrough it do not always burn them.

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