Bert, Orchid culture is not the only thing that needs help with the scientific method. All of horticulture seems to have the same problem. Good Luck Paul LeBlanc
-------------- Original message -------------- > I have difficulty in accepting Steve Topletz' generalization that > antibiotics are phytotoxic. The mechanism of action of most antibiotics is > directed > against metabolic processes, chiefly involving DNA processing, that differ > between bacteria and eukaryotes. Appearances aside, animals and plants are > both > eukaryotes and process DNA in a similar fashion. Further consultation with > one technician at Phytotech Labs, who presumably conducted a study employing > God knows what, could hardly justify Topletz' sweeping generalization. > Bert Pressman [still trying to instill the principles of the Scientific > Method into orchid culture]. [demime 1.01d removed a section which didn't have a content-type header]
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