Spring clean in the greenhouse
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gerald
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Spring clean in the greenhouse
After some problems with mealy bugs over the winter I would like to give the greenhouse a thorough cleaning before the spring season starts. It's a wooden lean-to only 6x8 in size so should not be too difficult. Are there any products recommended for this job? Something both fungicidal and insecticidal would be ideal for staging, floor, frame and wall, and possibly glass too.
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
I always use Jeyes fluid.
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
Same here. Slightly diluted and wearing protective gloves.RAYWOODBRIDGE wrote:I always use Jeyes fluid.
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
Yes I'd considered Jeyes Fluid but it's been around for so long now I was wondering if there was anything new available. Can't beat tried and tested I suppose! So I will go with that. THX 
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
Good idea 
I had a bit of a clearout today and I think the staging is held together with cobwebs, weeds that have somehow snuck in behind the firewood, and general detritus from drying wood and kindling.
Does it bleach green plastic staging? Although it can't do a tenth what the sun has already done.
I had a bit of a clearout today and I think the staging is held together with cobwebs, weeds that have somehow snuck in behind the firewood, and general detritus from drying wood and kindling.Does it bleach green plastic staging? Although it can't do a tenth what the sun has already done.
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
Can't help you there, Julie, as my staging is aluminium. I wouldn't have thought there would be much of a negative effect, especially if you rinse off the mixture after a few minutes.Julie wrote:Does it bleach green plastic staging?
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Re: Spring clean in the greenhouse
Try Jeyes Fluid underneath on a bit that does not show first Julie to see if it discolours. Strange to say Jeyes fluid is now banned as a pesticide in garden centres, but stocked even by our local Co-Op supermarket as a disinfectant. 
The official line is:-
"Tar acids and oils
Tar acids and tar oils are derivatives of coal tar. Various formulations are available as liquids or pastes.
Limitations: Should be kept off the skin and away from eyes, food and food containers. Hazardous to fish. Protective gloves, for example neoprene (not natural rubber) and goggles should be worn when handling the concentrated sterilants.
These products are no longer labelled for pesticide use, but are available for the sterilization of greenhouse structures, seed trays and pots.
Liquid concentrate: Jeyes Fluid
Armillatox Soap Based Outdoor Cleaner
Ready-to-Use spray: Jeyes Fluid"
Don't think our supermarket warns householders to wear gloves and goggles for any disinfectant! Are you committing an offence then if when sterilising your staging's it happens to kill a few mealy bugs and effectively becomes a pesticide?
The official line is:-
"Tar acids and oils
Tar acids and tar oils are derivatives of coal tar. Various formulations are available as liquids or pastes.
Limitations: Should be kept off the skin and away from eyes, food and food containers. Hazardous to fish. Protective gloves, for example neoprene (not natural rubber) and goggles should be worn when handling the concentrated sterilants.
These products are no longer labelled for pesticide use, but are available for the sterilization of greenhouse structures, seed trays and pots.
Liquid concentrate: Jeyes Fluid
Armillatox Soap Based Outdoor Cleaner
Ready-to-Use spray: Jeyes Fluid"
Don't think our supermarket warns householders to wear gloves and goggles for any disinfectant! Are you committing an offence then if when sterilising your staging's it happens to kill a few mealy bugs and effectively becomes a pesticide?