Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 23:37:04 GMT From: Peter Cole <carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg845$foo@default> Subject: Re: Bacterial infection?
John Walker <jorwa@syspac.com> writes:
> Subject: Bacterial infection?
> the plants were begining to wilt and die at the leaf tips. Upon closer
> inspection I found that there was a very thin, clear "film" covering the
> surface of the water. Using a pencil I was able to gather some of this film
> off the water (it smells terrible). I'm thinking that this must be some
> sort of bacteria growing on the water's surface. I completly cleaned the
...
> but this is getting tedious. Any suggestions as to how to keep the standing
> water clean?
<disclaimer>
OK - this is an untested observation - it's up to you whether you
try it, and I won't be held responsible if it does horrible things
to your plant (though I don't believe it will.)
</disclaimer>
<suggestion>
Penicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, tetracycline and quite a few
other antibiotics are suitable for in vitro plant culture so I doubt
they could do any harm to established plants at an effective
concentration. I'd recommend dissolving an antibiotic tablet,
preferably one of the above, in water and adding some to the tank.
You'd have to experiment a little to find an effective dose, so
you might want to experiment on one plant first with a minimal dose
and build up from there.
If you give the pots a good soaking for a day or two and flush the
pots with clean water afterwards I should think it will cure the
problem without causing untoward harm.
</suggestion>
Hope this helps,
Peter
____________________________________________________________________________
Peter Cole, Cambrian Carnivores,:: Carnivorous Plants and seeds for sale -
17,Wimmerfield Crescent, Killay,:: http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/cchome.htm
SWANSEA SA2 7BU, WALES, UK :: mailto:carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 02 2001 - 17:31:00 PST