Thanks Adam When I throw things out, they really are thrown out. As I can't burn them, they go into the council bin (soil and all!) and the municipal waste places. By the way, the seller did replace the sick bulb, so far the new one is healthy. As mine are in the ground all year round, I don't lift them so treat them in situ. Hence the query about the cinnamon. Ina Ina. From what I hear... Don't bother. The Dutch have been sending out lots of garbage bulbs this year. I'd consider one of the over the counter athlete's foot solutions--one of the azoles, miconazole, tolnaftate, etc as a solution and drench to see if it acted as a systemic. Unless you have other systemics available. Did you burn it or leave it where it could infect the rest of your garden? .. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ina" <klazina@orcon.net.nz> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:59 PM Subject: [pbs] re fungus cures >I grow Hippeastrums in my garden. Bought some doubles this spring, one > of which grew a bright red small shoot. Was told by the seller that was > caused by a fungus. Spraying it with copper would possibly give a > flower this year. However, as it was so badly affected I threw it out > soil and all. > > As most of my garden Hippeastrums are showing at least a bit of the > fungus infection and I am no fan of spraying, have been looking at > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4640 (20091126) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com/