Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 18:52:36 -0800 From: Ron Schlosser <rons@earthworld.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3917$foo@default> Subject: Re: Fungicide for VFT
On 08-Oct-97, MMiller192@aol.com wrote:
>I have used benomyl on all of my vft without any adverse affect. This was
>back before it supposedly killed a lot of plants in florida in the early
>1990s. If I remember correctly, they thought that it was contaminated with a
>herbicide. I would suppose that they have corrected the problem, although
>orchid growers no longer use it.
>Michael
Benomyl or Benlate (same thing) had its onamental (plants like rhodies,
greenhouse plants, etc.) label pulled because of the problems they had in
Florida. It is still available with an agricultural label (vegetables).
There used to be small bottles of Benlate available on the retail market, but
I have not checked recently to know.
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