Annual Cleaning Tips

[Dog House]

I would be grateful to receive any guidance or suggestions regarding the best way to clean a 6'x8' greenhouse. We had some tomato blight last year (along with the rest of the population) and we would like to do our best to start the year 'clean'. So far we have bleached all glass and worktops but wonder what else we can do, I seem to recall reading about a fumigation device you can buy?

Any thoughts welcomed.

Dog House.

[Hazel at the Hill]

You can buy sulphur candles to fumigate the greenhouse, DH, but I'm not sure what they zap. Think it's insecty things rather than fungal things, but someone with a (proper!) greenhouse will be along to advise further, I'm sure.

[Tracey]

If you've got soil in the green house, I've heard that the blight will still be in the soil even when you've disposed of the infected plant and you need to change soil.

[Hans Mum]

wash it all down (windows/frames/benches) with a mild solution of ***** make sure its well ventilated (but i like the smell of *****) then when its all dried through put one of those sulphur candle thingys in (you can get them at wilko) & you should be ready to go again this year

[nick the grief]

Armillartox or ***** will steralise the soil as well . Have a look here

Hartshill Allotments | Other info ,,,,,

And the sulphur candles will kill anything including you so make sure all plants are out set it off then lock the door. Next day leave the doors and vents open and keep out for a couple of hours at least,

[rustylady]

***** fluid is brilliant - can be used on soil (correctly diluted) as well as glass, frames, pots and trays. And I love the smell of it.

[Alison]

The candles will kill anything as Nick says - had a few weeds in mine when I set one off the other year and they were all very dead afterwards. Word of warning, can worry your neighbours if you're using them in the garden, ours asked if we were burning something the first time we used one as the smoke seeps out of the gaps!

[Dog House]

Thanks everyone, thats really useful.

Dog House.