Re: Fungicide for VFT

From: Ron Schlosser (rons@earthworld.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 1997 - 19:43:55 PDT


Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 18:43:55 -0800
From: Ron Schlosser <rons@earthworld.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3915$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Fungicide for VFT

On 08-Oct-97, Benjamin Lasseter wrote:
>Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
>Within the past few days, I have been distressed to find mold
>growing within the traps of one of my Venus Fly Traps. I went out to get
>myself a fungicide, but the people at the garden center were all certain
>that a fungicide labelled for roses would kill a VFT. They could not with
>assurance recommend one that would suit the needs of my plant.
>Therefore, I turn to you. What fungicide can you recommend to me
>that will be mild enough not to kill my plants, but powerful enough to kill
>the mold?

>Waiting in worry,
>Benjamin F. Lasseter

>By the way, an anecdotal note about poison arrow and poison dart frogs:

>>A few years ago the gardens began another important collection, this time
not
>>plants, but the endangered and very beautiful Poison Dart or Poison Arrow
>>Frogs. At the time of the meeting there were several terraria set up with
>>various species, many of which were breeding.

>When these frogs are taken from their native habitat, the original ones
>remain poisonous all their lives. Their progeny in captivity, however,
>never become toxic. A hypothesis is that something in the Central/South
>American environment of these frogs causes them to become toxic, and their
>young just never have that genetic switch turned on.
>The thieves who took these creatures deserve to be prosecuted to the
>fullest extent of the law. Go get 'em!

   Ben, you can use a product called "Daconil Ultrex" on your VFT for the
fungus. That product does come in a 5# bag (commercial fungicide), but if you
were to use liquid daconil that is available to control diseases on lawns and
ornamentals it should be safe (same active ingredients).



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