den rescue

[snow]

wish me luck.

[Chubidubi]

Good luck with this baby.

[susiep]

Wow, what a pretty flower! That one is worth saving for sure. I like to rescue plants, too. I love the challenge! You probably already did this, but I would cut those 3 bad leaves off. They are useless now. Just leave that 1 good one in the back.

[cb977]

You can do this!!!

I'd remove the bad leaves and break out the Listerine sprayer

[Don Perusse]

I was going to re-confirm cutting off the leaves but Listerine is a new one on me. Acts as a bactericide?? Thanks Susanne, I love this OB

[cb977]

For some reason, you have to use the original flavor brown Listerine, not the minty stuff. It's an anti-fungal and somewhat anti-bacterial. It has alcohol in it so it's a good bug killer too. Whenever I repot, I spray the entire plant thoroughly while it's bare-root, wait a few minutes and then rinse with clean water. When I see a spot or something I don't like the looks of on a potted or mounted plant, I just spray a bit on and leave it.

I prefer using home-remedy stuff rather than the real heavy-duty chemicals. If either of my dogs happen to get into the plant area, I don't have to panic...and it works really well for me with the chids.

[snow]

thanks for all you,re support.i,ve done all the reccomendations including the BROWN listerine. thanks susan.

[priz_m]

GOOOOOO Snow!

That is a beautiful dend!

Keep us posted!

[irrka]

cb- it sounds totally logical and reasonable right? and my first thought was still back to "big fat greek wedding" windex spray thing

[Ross]

When it comes to rot or fungus or equiv. nothing beats plain denatured alcohol. I strongly believe it's the alcohol base to the Listerine that is doing most of the work. I have had fungus that looks like lichens on mounts in my orchidarium that did not respond well to any of the go-to sprays (Physan, etc.) and stopped overnight when I drizzled Vodka over the growth! Makes you wonder what is happening in the stomach, eh?