----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: CS>question about boric acid for plants
> Borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate or hydrated sodium borate, and
boric
> acid is HBO2 or H3BO2. Boric acid can be produced by the action of acids
on
> borax.
>
> They are both toxic to ants, but boric acid is more toxic than borax.
>
> Marshall
Marshall,
Thanks for the clarification. The list I got off the web lists all the
borates together. Can you:
1) give the chemical composition for Borax (in the same form as you did
with boric acid), and
2) give a little more detail about what makes them different from each
other?
Many thanks.
Nina
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