Does anyone know if fluid used to sterilise wine-making equipment (VWP brand contains something called chlorine donor) would harm vegetable plants if used to water them?
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Originally posted by homebrewer View PostThanks. I had my doubts, but my other half is keen to conserve water and was reluctant to pour away 15 gallons of water that is cleaning the wine-making containers. I'll suggest he puts the plant pots in it instead!
He said it would last a week or so.
Not sure if that applies to all sorts of sterilising fluids/products though.
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My sterilising solution (like Milton, but own-brand, T£sco or B00ts) is good for 24 hrs, the box says.
I use it to "bleach" the dishcloths, toothbrushes, face flannels and finally the sink, after the homebrew kit has been doneAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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15 gallons! I only brew a gallon at a time, so don't need anywhere near as much sterilising solution as you - I make up just a litre and a half of sterilising stuff at a time.
That's enough to do a bucket (swish it around every few minutes); then and the jugs/tubes/corks/etc in another bucket, then it's into two bottles at a time for 10 mins, and another two and another etc ... I can keep going with bottles until I am bored - the bottles I'm not using right this minute are rinsed out and covered with a couple of layers of cling film, and they are sterile and ready to use next time.
If only have the bucket and pipes/jugs to steralise, I use boiling water.
Nothing's gone manky to date.
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