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| I'm an orchid type who posted the message below on the Orchid Forum.
Any comments? Someone mentioned Sulfur and Lye, how do you use it if my bleach treatment is deemed inadequate? Nick Here is the orchid post: I brought home some large but beautifully shaped Mazenilla branches the other day. Some had wood rot present in the center of the logs when you look at the cut edges. They were not cut from a live bush but from recently downed ones. I soaked them for 24 hours in a trash can with bleach. One gallon of pool bleach in a 40 gallon can. Will that stop the rot? I'm sure it will kill wood boring insects but am not sure about their eggs or about fungal or mold related rot. Has anyone done this successfully? Nick |
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- Posted by bill_ftmyers_fl 9b-10 SW Florida (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 23:35
| Ummmm, what did they tell you on the orchid form? I have never grown orchids as a bonsai, so I dont know. Are you speaking of the log the orchids are attached too or the orchid is rotting? Im going to guess some one is going to request that this goes to the orchid form. |
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- Posted by orchidnick z9Ca (orchidnick@yahoo.com) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 11:24
| It is on the orchid forum with no clear consensus. I just wondered if maybe someone in your group had a clear answer. Nick |
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| Not 'sulfur and lye', but lime sulfur, which is used to bleach dead wood. What does help rotted wood is Min-Wax, a hardener you can buy in any hardware. |
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- Posted by bill_ftmyers_fl 9b-10 SW Florida (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 23:48
| With that too, lime and lye are not the same thing either. That is a good answer lucy. I bought 16oz of lime sulfur, 97%, a lifetime supply. Correct me if Im wrong, you want about 50-25% for treating wood, so just dilute it down. |
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