Roy wrote:

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:04:16 +0200, "Happy'Cam'per" wrote:

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===IMO, PP is overkill, a simple 15 minute rinse under a cold water tap
should ===be more than enough to wipe out any 'nasties'. PP is for the
paranoid ===neurotics
===If you still insist on using something stronger and can't get your
hands on ===PP then a household bleach mixed 10:1 with water will do the
trick aswell. ===Soak the plants for about 5 minutes. HTH

PP might be overkill. But it's cheap, and cold water will only rinse off the
good sized bugs. It certainly isn't going to eliminate microscopic
organisms.

I have been told by the local water garden supplier here all they use
is Bromine (hot tub disenfectant) and place plants in tubs with 1 to 3

That sounds like a _very_ poor idea to me. Bromine is a really close
relative to chlorine. Chlorine added to water containing organics creates
trihalomethanes - carcinogens - and it doesn't even kill most of the more
insidious bugs in our drinking water like paramecium (paramecia?) and
giardia. I can't see Bromine being any more effective.
--
derek