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Re: mold

Karen,
In my experience, the bleach dip is important.  If you are worried about
bleach burn on the cut ends (and for some soft cuttings, I do) then dip
them, cut them with a sterile blade, and then stick them.  And yes, you
could have overwatered.  But unless you had the bag full of water, that's
not likely.

Rick Grazzini
Centre Analytical Laboratories
rickg@centrelab.com
USDA 5 or 6 // Sunset 43

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> From: JErnst209@aol.com
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: mold
> Date: Sunday, November 02, 1997 11:36 AM
> 
> Rick,
> I did use *brand new* soilless mix, and *brand new* 1 gallon ZipLocks. 
No, I
> did not sterilize the cuttings. ( By this, I assume you mean a dip in a
> slight bleach solution.)I did though, pull off all extra leaves, trying
to
> make sure that none were touchig the sides of the plastic. I wonder, if
it
> was because I overwatered in the initial setting up?
> 
> Karen in SE Michigan--who over spoke and realized that it was much cooler
> outside than I had anticipated. Thereby making it only two days of warm
> weather :-) 
> 
> In a message dated 97-11-02 10:32:11 EST, you write:
> 
> << Karen, 
>  The ones with mold are goners, at least in my experience.  Did you try
and
>  work more-or-less in sterile conditions: sterilize the cuttings, etc.?
>  Rick Grazzini
>  rickg@centrelab.com
>  Centre Analytical Laboratories
>  USDA 5 or 6 / Sunset 43
>   >>
>
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