Mike,
It's a long story but it started out with finding a solution to keep my
slate floors clean and snowballed from there. After the results I got
from the slate floor I started looking into what Oxiclean is and what's
in it. Oxiclean is sodium percarbonate which is also called oxygen
bleach. There isn't much info on the web about it's effectiveness as a
fungicide but there is much info on it's effectiveness as a laundry
detergent and a wood cleaner. It's the wood cleaner stuff that lead me
to find out that it's a great fungus remover, has the same pH as
Bordeaux Mixture, is safe for the septic , plants ,and is a safe wine
equiptment cleaner. It's great for any organic stains like wine and
coffee. It also is advertised as a good grout cleaner so that's why I
used it on stone. It's not advertised as a stone cleaner but it does a
great job. Anyway I used my 100 vine vineyard to experiment last year
and was very pleased with the results. I think it's better than pure
hydrogen peroxide ( Oxidate ) becuase of the high pH residue ( Soda Ash
) that's left on the leaves to act as a protectant. I also was excited
about the ability to spray in the rain because you never know when
you'll get those 7 day rain fall and you need to get something on the
leaves. What's better than sparaying something that will give you a
clean slate until you can get some protection on them. Also I used
Oxiclean on strawberries to keep them from premature rotting and it
worked great so I thought it might have some usefulness with bunch rot.
So that's basically the gist of it.
Bob
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Mike McGeough wrote:
> wrote:
>
> .... I can't see why you couldn't use it for a spray
> > on personal grapes even if it's not recommended.
>
>
> Bob,
>
> From what I've read since this thread started, sodium percarbonate _is_
> approved for grapes & other fruits in several proprietary products. They
> usually combine it with hydrogen peroxide and sell it as a concentrate.
> These products have even been approved for sanitizing hard surfaces to
> get rid of anthrax! It seems that it's effective against fungus spores,
> bacteria, viruses (and stains).
>
> What gave you the idea to use it in the first place?
>
> Mike MTM, Cokesbury, NJ, USA
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