Hi all. Thanks to those who expressed concern at using Kocide 101 on different orchid species and its effects on them I read an article in a American Phalaenopsis publication about the use of Kocide 101 in controlling pseudomonas (I.E. crown rot and on leaves of Phallies). Being new to growing these orchids, I was looking at a rather non toxic chemical to use as a preventive use for these problems and was recommended Kocide 101 ( I know about the use of copper sprays and their effects if in-proper safety gear is used) Having never use it before, I was interested in brand names used in Australia.
If their is a more safer chemical to control these types of problems in Phalaenopsis I would be very interested in giving it a go. I have been growing Phallies for about 2 years and so far never had any problems but am increasing the numbers grown and do not want a disaster to happen. Cheerio Ron > > > From: "Andrew Gibbons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OGD] Kocide 101 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Multicrop makes Kocide Blue. There is also a Blue Xtra. I'm not a big fan of > Kocide so I've never bothered to find out what the difference is. Yates > Fungus Fighter Copper Fungicide is also Copper Hydroxide. These should be > available on shelf at your local garden centre. > Andrew > > >> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:19:46 +1100 >> From: Ron Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [OGD] Kocide 101 >> To: [email protected] >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Product "Kocide 101" ( Copper Hydroxide77%) >> >> Hi >> Can anyone tell me a few more commercial names for this product. >> Especially in Australia. >> Cheerio >> Ron Boyd >> in NSW Australia >> > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
