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11-09-2012, 07:58 PM
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I am no chemist and I don't know the difference between ethanol and methanol, but I posted a thread on here a year or more ago about the use of methanol. I can't find it now. Anyways, attached is an article from the COC in 2009 on that which sounds similar to the use of vodka. I tried the methanol for a while on a Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter plant that I had divided into 3 parts. It wasn't much of an experiment because I managed to kill 2 of the 3 plants  But I suspect it was for other reasons and I can't remember which one survived! Anyways after taking two years to recover, it is about to bloom. I am now tempted to try the vodka! |
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11-10-2012, 11:29 PM
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Methanol is ecotoxic, more than ethanol is.
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11-11-2012, 12:53 AM
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Didn't Jerry's Grow Fertilizer use a little bit of alcohol in it? I don't remember the detail, though. There are always "trendy" fertilizers, and it was one of them about 10 years ago.
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11-11-2012, 02:23 AM
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I imagine it could deter bugs.
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11-11-2012, 02:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by naoki
Didn't Jerry's Grow Fertilizer use a little bit of alcohol in it? I don't remember the detail, though. There are always "trendy" fertilizers, and it was one of them about 10 years ago.
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Jerry's Grow used ethanol. |
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11-12-2012, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by nenella
Vodka ...  it is the Russians cure to everything! 
we had a Russian lady who lived at our house for 10 years and everytime any one had a problem ... the answer was always Vodka! & to be honest I can't disproove... colds, flu, infections from cuts etc.... so why not on orchids? !!!! |
Haha.
It sure is a cure to everything, I can't argue with that. |
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11-13-2012, 06:16 PM
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I wonder if tequila would work.
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11-13-2012, 08:21 PM
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Ooooohhhh nnnooooooo!!! I have to share my vodka with my orchids now!!! Great, we'll be drunk together then, lol...
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11-14-2012, 08:44 AM
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I contacted Jerry a few years ago about licensing his patent to reproduce "Jerry's Grow" using MSU fertilizer, and he gave me specific permission to do so.
If you look into the patent claims, you'll note that high-nitrogen fertilizers must be used, and the alcohol (methanol)-to-fertilizer ratio is between 1:1 and 2:1.
I did not follow through, as that much alcohol makes it be both poisonous and flammable, so a hazardous material to ship.
Silken - it is only proven effective on high-light plants, and a beallara doesn't really qualify as such.
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11-14-2012, 10:45 AM
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Thanks for the info Ray.
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