Tsay recalls that the blooming period for fruit trees had already passed when he picked up the SOS. He instructed the farmers of Gonglaoping to scrape off the bark and apply medicine in the afflicted areas, and also gave them complimentary doses of his elixir. Within four months, the situation there stabilized.
蔡東纂回憶，接獲求救電話之時，果樹花期已過，他教導公老坪果農把生病的果樹削皮後擦藥，並贈送蔡 18 菌當藥方，短短 4 個月病情就獲得控制。