Quick! Lime Sulpher-will This Work??

RonMartin(deceased)

You don't have to import it. The bonsai shops have most of the things you need. Try a web search for them.
Both NJ and Iowa have shops ;o)

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Bart Thomas(deceased)

Agreed once again, Ron.

I was thinking in terms of non-US readers.

BTW, the Material Safety Data Sheet can be found at:

http://www.terralink-horticulture.c...e%20sulphur.htm

RonMartin(deceased)

Almost all bonsai shops all over the world carry it. ;o)

Bart Thomas(deceased)

Khazakhistan (for example)?

Treebeard

If you don't mind paying throught the nose, look on ebay...

ebay lime sulphur link

Regards,

TB

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RonMartin(deceased)

Yep. Even there. Bet you did not try a web search did you )

Bart Thomas(deceased)

Okay, there is some offered on eBay. 4 oz for $2.99 plus $2.75 postage. NOT cheap!

I have dealt with this seller. He is reputable, and seems to generate some of his income by buying large bottles of bonsai products and repackaging them. As I recall, he sells the same amount of no-nitrogen fertilizer for the same price. Most garden centers will sell you a liter of the same product (Alaskan) for $10. Ron may well be less.

That seems a decent markup, what with the cost of bottles and handling, but I'm not motivated to compete with him.

I tried a google search on "bonsai supplies" and, while I found plenty of shops, going to their web sites did not turn up lime sulphur.

Probably a combination of low profit margin and relatively high shipping cost.

nickbachman

i know very well that ALL bonsai shops carry it. need i remind you that i live in RURAL IOWA. there isnt a bonsai shop for 80 miles. and my bonsai-master-from-afar told me that the guy at the shop buys the big bottles for like 6 bucks and bottles them in smaller bottles and sells them for $10!! he told me to go to the nearest garden center and find a cheap big honkin' bottle. i dont really feel like paying 10 bucks for a bottle and 7 bucks for shipping with ordering online when i'm positive i can find it in a 6 dollar big bottle form. and the shipping and handling will be my $1.25 in gas for the trip there and back to the nearest city.

Bart Thomas(deceased)

Okay, Nick.

I understand your problem.

I also undertand your frustration with us having an academic-style discussion, while you NEED THE DARN STUFF!

[make eye contact here]

If you do a google search on "lime sulphur" you'll get 30 some thousand hits. Do a search within that on "Ortho" (Not that I know they make it, but it should reduce the number of non-dealer hits).

One I found, not that I know anything about them, led to

http://www.usahardware.com/inet/sho...roups/32186.htm

They are offering it at $10 bucks a quart. (Dunno the concentration)

Now using this, try calling your local non-chain garden center (There's a reason for keeping these little guys in business!), and ask them to Special Order it for you. (That may save you the postage).

If all else fails, then order it online.