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Post by bestes on Apr 15, 2007 16:39:24 GMT
Does anybody know where I can buy some of this? I used to mix it into the water used to moisten greenhouse seedbeds to control damping off and it never let me down. Brian
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Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 15, 2007 18:43:37 GMT
For questions such as this it would help if you would indicate your location either in the message or in your profile. We do not even know what country you live in.
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Post by bestes on Apr 16, 2007 22:00:37 GMT
Sorry Bob, I wasn't thinking. I live in Florida. By the way, Chinisol was never available in your local nursery and I always had to get the stuff via mail. The last time I got it about 5 years ago I got it from some place in England. It is a yellowish powder which is disolvable in water. It is used as a damp-off preventative and works great. Most people never heard of it, and when doing a search on Google, I got zilch. I liked to use it because it never affected the germination process but stopped all mould growth for months.
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Post by Aidan on Apr 16, 2007 22:15:40 GMT
Most people never heard of it,... Probably because it is more often used as a mouthwash! ;D and when doing a search on Google, I got zilch. Try Chinosol The last time I got it about 5 years ago I got it from some place in England. Still available in little ole England. This is one place that stocks it: www.cactus-mall.com/whitestone/sundries.html
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Post by pinglover on Apr 17, 2007 0:29:22 GMT
Does it work? What is the active ingredient please?
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Post by Clint on Apr 17, 2007 0:40:20 GMT
I think Chinosol is 8-hydroxychinol sulfate-potassium sulfate.
Chiniofon is a related compound I think and is used for amoebic dysentery.
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Post by Aidan on Apr 17, 2007 1:00:59 GMT
8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate... Any the wiser??? I'm not! ;D
It has fungicidal and antibacterial properties. It is less used here than it once was. Perhaps because it is not so easy to source and/or other products have been found suitable. I personally have never used the compound.
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Post by Clint on Apr 17, 2007 1:25:59 GMT
Lol, we she asked what the active ingredient is. Some people use sulpher/a sulpher compound for fungi and that's just a sulphate. Personally I wouldn't use something as simple as a fungicide if it's so hard to find.
Products with neem oil have always worked for me and are pretty mild. Some prefer heavy chemicals. Both are good for me but I guess it depends on your preference. Neem oil smells.... earthy and good. Well to me lmao.
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Post by pinglover on Apr 17, 2007 1:37:03 GMT
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Post by pinglover on Apr 17, 2007 1:38:13 GMT
Forgot to add that I certainly wouldn't put any of that in my mouth ;D.
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Post by Aidan on Apr 17, 2007 1:52:29 GMT
It's amazing what people will put in their mouths. Coffee for example - a horrendous *****tail of carcinogens!
Hm, I think I may be straying a little off-topic...
The word censor seems to be getting a little overenthusiastic!!!
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Post by Not a Number on Apr 17, 2007 6:18:19 GMT
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Post by pinglover on Apr 17, 2007 6:27:52 GMT
You are correct. Long term exposure to Quinoline has been linked to liver damage in humans which is nothing but another negative in my book.
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Post by Aidan on Apr 17, 2007 16:51:25 GMT
Interesting...
Orthene, which appears to be the pesticide of choice for many US growers is based around an organophosphate compound. Yet, low level exposure to organophosphates is now linked with numerous highly unpleasant effects to human health.
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Post by David Ahrens on Apr 17, 2007 19:51:31 GMT
In the UK, it is illegal to use a substance in horticulture if it isn't approved for that use. I wouldn't have thought that Chinosol was approved as a fungicide for plants. This may sound like the government interfering, but if you don't have laws like this then some idiot will paint his fence with used car oil or something that. The old Sarracenia Nursery based in north London used to sell it but I think that the law has been changed since then. That DNA splitting chemical made from a bulb, that people use to form polyploidal forms of plants may not be all that safe either. I can't remember what is is called. The law is probably very similar in the US.
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