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Old April 3, 2017   #152
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Bleach treatment is a last ditch, hail Mary approach in my garden. I think it is pretty early in the grow season and plants are still tender at this stage, possibly making them more susceptible to damage from bleach. Also, if you read many of Bill's posts on this, he is primarily using it when the plants are affected by mold. Most other pathogens are treatable with a variety of things less "nuclear" than the bleach option. When you have mold, it is often far more advanced than you realize and where the mold is, the bleach will kill it and the leaves it is on. I'm not sure how it works on other problems, as I only use it to treat mold. I'm always stunned and sad to see how many more leaves are affected than I realized as they wither and die. Still, new growth is usually right around the corner and that is where most of the flowering will be.
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