Re: fungus -vs- Sarra seeds

From: Fabio d'Alessi (cars@civ.bio.unipd.it)
Date: Mon Apr 05 1999 - 16:26:14 PDT


Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:26:14 +0200
From: "Fabio d'Alessi" <cars@civ.bio.unipd.it>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1215$foo@default>
Subject: Re: fungus -vs- Sarra seeds


>Would a little bit of dish soap help, too?
>
>The soap would work as a surfactant and help to
>kill more fungus, but would it harm the seeds by
>smothering them- rot? Would it harm the seedlings
>by causing problems for their tender young roots?
>
>Chad
>

Chad, if you are looking for a harmless surfactant use
Tween-20 or Tween-80, a plant-micropropagation tested
surfactant which is sold by biochemical and labware
resellers.

f

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Fabio d'Alessi <cars@civ.bio.unipd.it>
Department of Biology, University of Padua,
Italy.   



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