Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 01:42:37 +0000 From: Peter Cole <carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1418$foo@default> Subject: Re: fuzz in terranium
Doug Burdic <dburdic@presys.com> writes:
>Hi,
>
>This thread about Benomyl(Benlate) really is surprising to me since
>it was taken off the market due to some Orchid grower's lawsuit
>against the manufacturer. I used it on cp for almost 3 decades, but
>it doesn't exist anymore in Oregon at least and if you do manage to
>find some via email friends, it's in the worthless 25% WP
>formulation which is only good for lawns....the 50%WP that I knew
>and loved is history.
If you, (or anyone else) wants 50%WP Benlate, I have it and can
supply it by mail. I haven't put it in my catalogue for fear of
possible problems from our Ministry of Agriculture (it's only
licensed for agricultural use here. Bizarre - it's effectively
unavailable for domestic horticultural use, but farmers can still
spray kilos of the stuff on our food and into the air we breathe!)
There's no actual law against it here in the UK, but all the Garden
Centres etc., have complied with the recommendation to cease retail
sales. I have no idea what the legal position is in the US.
I can do it for 12UKpounds per 100g or 90 UKpounds/kilo including
postage to the US, but at your own risk as far as US customs are
concerned (I have no idea what their view on this is, whether
importation into the US is even legal, and they could get the wrong
idea from bags of white powder arriving in the post!)
It is by far the best (only satisfactory,) fungicide for CPs, and
also by far the least toxic (I believe the average-sized human LD50
is something in the region of 500g orally!) Why they restricted it
is anyone's guess.
Anyone who's interested, drop me an Email.
Happy growing,
Peter
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