Grant, I've wondered the same thing. I plan to spray a couple of my FMV loaded fig plants with a 10ppm solution this Spring, to see how they do. ( Grise de St. Jean, especially ) It cannot hurt them. Silver is a necessary element, and you'll find it in most good multi-mineral and vitamins. There was a reason they made babies teething rings and silverware from silver. Bacteria and germs cannot live in contact with it. Hospitals are using it in everything from counter tops to catheters. It's in almost all of your athletic clothing, to kill bacteria (BO). The guy who turned blue consumed huge quantities of bad quality colloidal silver. Myself, and many of my friends have used it for years, to ward off colds and flus, with no side effects. Used properly, high quality colloidal silver is a safe alternative chemical fungicides and antibacterial products.