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Is it really credible to treat orchid seedlings with Daktarin?

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The credibility of using Daktarin to treat orchid seedlings

The article "DaktarinorchidHas a Special Effect on Brown Rot", published in the first issue of Orchids in 1998, introduced the author's experience of using "Daktarin" cream to treat brown rot. The author used this method for three years, and it worked every time, proving it has a special effect. Because I have suffered the pain of repeating the same mistake, I was cautious and did not dare to act rashly, except when the illness was urgent and I had to try anything. In summer, the temperature in the orchid room reaches above 38 degrees, and it lasts for a long time, so brown rot often occurs.Cymbidium sinenseThe two new shoots growing on Lüying, one shoot contracted brown rot, and the disease developed rapidly. Seeing that it was about to infect another new shoot, I immediately cut off the upper half of the infected pseudobulb and applied a thick layer of "Daktarin" to the cut surface. After several hours there was a drying effect, and the next day the disease was controlled and no longer spread to the retained lower half of the pseudobulb. Normally, once brown rot invades the pseudobulb, it is difficult to keep half of the pseudobulb (in fact, the bacteria have already infected it) from rotting. Although I did not achieve the author's result of preserving the new shoot, it is credible that "Daktarin" controls the spread of brown rot and that "Daktarin" has no phytotoxicity toorchids. (Lao Tie)

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