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Re: bleach treatment for cuttings

Thyme and/or sage tea have antiseptic qualities. I've used them for 
preventing damping off with seedlings and fungus for cuttings with good 
results.
-Amy K.
Corvallis, OR

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Loren Russell wrote:

> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:27:11 -0800 (PST)
> From: Loren Russell <loren@peak.org>
> To: "Diana L. Politika" <diana@olympus.net>
> Cc: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: bleach treatment for cuttings
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Diana L. Politika wrote:
> > If you had done this, you'd also have had NO cuttings to speak of.  Be
> > very careful with bleach and cuttings.  Even trays that have been soaked
> > in a 10% solution to sterilize MUST be rinsed well.  I had suspected
> > this thru past experience, but have also seen it discussed in recent
> > trade publications.
> 
> 
> Brief immersion in 1:30 bleach solution is safe for cuttings, at 
> least for a number of 
> rock garden subjects.  I suppose that my subjects typically have fairly 
> thick skins, though.  I used this a couple of times without 
> obviously better or worse results than "control".  But if you're careful 
> with other sources of contamination, this treatment should help control 
> fungal problems in cutting propagation.  [Certainly, using clean 
> containers, tools, soil is good practice.]
> 
> Loren Russell, Corvallis, Oregon
> 
>
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