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Treating Trillium smut (Urocystis trillii)

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MarcR:

--- Quote from: partisangardener on April 15, 2022, 07:50:52 PM ---Thank you.

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Thank you, Maggi!

Many years ago I had to deal with mold on the walls of my apartment. A vinegar wash before repainting solved the problem.  It is not surprising that vinegar works as a fungicide on plants.  A mild solution of Sodium hypoclorate [laundry bleach] also works well with no harn to the plants.

ashley:
Concentrated vinegar (acetic acid, 80%) is an effective fumigant for e.g. beekeeping equipment, and destroys spores of the highly infectious fungus Ascosphaera apis that causes chalkbrood disease in honeybee larvae.  Therefore it's quite possible that lower concentrations as tolerated by plants might limit or control fungal infections.

Bleach (sodium hypochlorite, 0.5%) is also used by beekeepers as a general sterilizing agent against pathogenic fungi, microsporidians & spore-forming bacteria.

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