Re: Cult: Clorox - Apology & Correction

Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
> 
> Time to eat crow - the proper dish for one who is so sure of himself that
> he shoots his mouth off without verifying the facts. As I am digging and
> dividing iris, AFTER sending my last post I dipped my pH meter in the
> Clorox solution I use to soak the rhizomes in - the needle promptly went
> off the scale on the ACID side! The dictionary confirms that chlorites are
> salts of chlorous acid.
> 
> Don't know how I got the fixed idea that bleach was alkaline - maybe I got
> it confused with borax.
> 
> My sincere apologies to those whose accurate knowledge I impugned in my
> ignorance.
> 
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@cache.net


Apology accepted!!!

Dave
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