Re: Re: CULT: Undiluted Clorox
Hotmail wrote:
> I once made the mistake of leaving rhizomes a little too long in diluted (very diluted) chlorine bleach. I used about a 1/2 cup full, to about 1/8 filled laundry tub, with the rz's sitting upright. The idea being to clean off any bacteria before planting. I left them overnight by mistake.
> Guess what? .... it bleached them. They were quite pale after the experience. I wouldn't be keen to use undiluted bleach, except in direct contact with the affected part.
The question is, did they live and prosper? Perhaps the submersion in
water had some affect too. If you were to pour undiluted bleach on a
rotting rz, the fact that most of it runs off into the dirt probably
mitigates any negative impact on the rz. I have used it occasionally an
noticed not ill effects.
Something no one has mentioned is the new formulation that is appearing
here in the US. Clorox Ultra, and most of the knock offs, is a new
formulation with less hypoclorite (or whatever the active ingredient
was) and some new stuff of unknown toxicity to irises.
Anyone know anything about this?
John
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