Benjamin Franklin proclaimed that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. That statement has never been truer when it comes to cannabis and produce grow facilities preventing common organisms that can reduce yield or destroy crops. Over the last year multiple growers and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) teams have experienced the positive impact of spraying Oxine® Horticulture as a hard surface sanitizer and disinfectant...prevention! A simple weekly schedule of spray applications throughout a facility prevents many pathogen issues such as powdery mildew and botrytis…it really is that simple and inexpensive with Oxine Horticulture. Also worth noting, compared to common facility sanitizers in the marketplace, Oxine Horticulture has been proven to have very low corrosion.

As the manufacturer’s representatives for Oxine Horticulture in the USA, Key Solutions Group (KSG) recommends growers initiate a weekly disinfecting and sanitizing hardsurface schedule. Utilizing Oxine Horticulture via spray applications, per the label recommended strength, a grow facility can prevent and eliminate a host of common pathogens throughout a grow facility.

Over the last several months, we have had various customers that have experienced and proven this spray application is very effective in controlling powdery mildew and other hard surface pathogens. In fact, recently a customer commented that they had been struggling to control powdery mildew throughout several grow rooms that were experiencing air circulation issues, which lead to an outbreak of PM. Utilizing backpack sprayers and Oxine Horticulture at 500 ppm in the grow rooms, walkways and under the tables, they were able to eliminate the PM issue in less than 2 weeks.

Take-away: No foliage application was needed to control a major outbreak of PM…multiple clients have experienced similar results. Prevention through scheduled hardsurface applications (Spraying) throughout a grow facility, 3x to 4x/week, has been proven time and time again as highly effective. It is true that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” when using Oxine Horticulture!

Oxine Horticulture is 100% American made at Bio-Cide International (Norman, Oklahoma). Oxine Horticulture has been proven as the only effective pathogen control formulation in the horticulture marketplace having low corrosive properties and utilized as a hard surface sanitizer and disinfectant, as well as highly effective injecting 24/7/365 for pathogen control in irrigation lines.