Re: Re: CULT: Undiluted Clorox
I'll bet those bleached rhizomes grew well anyway. I often do that and they don't notice. I have even received whitened rhizomes from growers, and I've just been thankful that they were disinfected.
Francelle Edwards sunny AZ where it's raining tonight.
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Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Undiluted Clorox
Neil: I doubt if the undiluted bleach will hurt. I have used the same thing quite often, and it only seems to hurt the rot organism, not the iris rhizome. As we always say, iris are tough!
Arnold
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.
Cheers, Jan Clark.
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