Physan is a particularly effective killer of all such stuff. Another option is a cinnamon extract. See the "Fungicide section of this page: http://www.firstrays.com/remedies.htm
Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info! ----- Original Message ----- From: "nancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "orchid list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:23 PM Subject: [OGD] Weird fungus problem > Greetings - > We've had an exceptionally wet spring, summer, and now > autumn in the deep south, USA. I've been having > problems with various fungus growths on the wood that > most of my orchids are mounted upon, primarily > grapevine wood. > After consulting our county agent, I used a Bordeaux > mixture on the mounts (also some mushroomy wood and > lined wire baskets); this pretty well eliminated the > mushroom and tree-ear type of fungus, but I still have > something that appears to be lichen creeping over a > lot of the wood. > Any suggestions on an attack for this? I can scrape > off the ruffled edges, but the flat parts are just too > smooth, and I'd like to kill off whatever spores are > causing this growth. Not unattractive, but still... > Regards - Nancy > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > "A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. > Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, > something Brussels sprouts never do." > -----------P.J. O'Rourke > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search > that gives answers, not web links. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
