Has anyone heard about this flagship product NoviGuard® which is a unique
patented formula that creates a film which kills existing and newly introduced
germs including viruses, ...
The product is being used world-wide as a disinfectant. Its being used in
housing materials to prevent mold and mildew. The change in molecular structure
of the Phenol allow it to be used on plants and animals without
damage...licensed by the EPA, etc.
Its been used in medicine on MRSA and other virulent wound infections and stops
it dead in its tracks without risks to the patient.
On plants, it can be sprayed directly on bacterial and fungal infections and
destroys the pathogen outright. It can be sprayed on seedlings of all types to
stop damping-off.
With orchids, it also can be sprayed on bacterial and fungal infections as
above. It can be sprayed on flowers to stop botrytis without damaging the
flowers. The "top guy" in the division of this multi-national company is also
an orchid grower. He has been doing extenstive experiments with orchid viruses
and the preliminary results have shown that the product "deactivates" orchid
viruses so they can no longer replicate in the plant tissue and the virus
particles are not translocated to new tissue. According to this report, the new
growths contain no virus. They test negative for virus. This includes new
growths in sympodial orchids, new leaves in monopodial orchids, as well as
inflorescences, and flowers.
How long it stays this way, I'd like to know. The value may only be that the
new meristematic tissue can then be collected clean from valuable clones and
propagated.
Has anyone used this product and what has been the outcome? Any information
would be helpful.
Thanks,
Geoff
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