Hygrozyme - Orchid Champion

[keithrs]

Does anyone have info on these products.... I'm thinking of using it as a "all natural" fungicide.

[tucker85]

I've used both products. I think they're both the same product sold under different labels. I know that hydroponics growers use Hygrozyme in their resivoirs and they do claim that it keeps some fungus under control. I don't know if it actually kills fungus that is already established. The only effect that I noticed was that it seemed to encourage new root growth. A couple of weeks after using it on some orchids, they would initiate new root growth. It didn't have that effect on all orchids though. It didn't hurt the plants at all. I stopped using in after a few months.

[keithrs]

Sounds like you had a positive result... Why did you stop using it?

[tucker85]

Originally Posted by keithrs

Sounds like you had a positive result... Why did you stop using it?

The only result I saw was new root growth and there are several products that will accomplish that. It's not a good idea to use multiple suppliments because you can give the plant too much of something. So the only suppliment that I use regularly now is seaweed extract. It stimulates root growth just like Hygrozyme but it also has other benefits. But if you're just trying to suppress fungus, I don't think seaweed does that.