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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,490
    There is no need to disinfect trays or pots - a quick wash in warm soapy water, dry and store. Job done. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 87,005
    Soap and hot water was good enough for Granny 😉 ... and her plant pots had to make to with cold water from the garden tap and a bristle brush.  

    Didn’t seem to cause a problem or either 😆 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,090
    I’ve never cleaned a pot or tray, or used a propagator or gro lites.
    Those who know me will know how many seeds I sow in a year.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,544
    The grannies of yore probably just binned everything in a huge pile and then set fire to it.  :D
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,022
    I scrape off anything that's moving . That's all. Never had any problems 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 87,005
    amancalledgeorge said:
    The grannies of yore probably just binned everything in a huge pile and then set fire to it.  :D
    You’ve got to be joking ... my granny got everyone in Leighton Buzzard recycling, collecting milk bottle tops and newspaper and string ... she was famous for it ... she started recycling before there was a word for it 😆 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,090
    My granny born in 1889 never through a thing away, it’s not the oldies, our grannies or even us to be blamed for throwing out and buying new, it’s the latest generation who can be blamed for consumerism, all stemming from instant gratification. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,544
    Ah @Lyn it's always easier to blame the youngsters...like every generation has done from time immemorial. Bad apples in every generation, but look at Greta Thunberg, there's definitely hope  ;)
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,232
    I once took my 90+ grandma to a cotton mill where they passed around samples of each stage of the process. When each sample got to her she popped it into her pocket. The people beyond her looked a bit miffed but didn't dare to say anything.

    On the way home we took her to lunch at a cafe which had a bowl full of sugar packets on the table. She emptied the bowl into her handbag.
  • ozvikingsgK4GbSF8ozvikingsgK4GbSF8 Posts: 1
    Seems like people here have never use the product in the garden and making comments from that perspective. I have so listen up.

    You can safely use Jeyes fluid in your garden, just not on edibles. It generally comes in a metal can.

    Before you start, get a watering can you can dedicate to using for this in the garden. Fill the 10 litre can with water first, then add 4 caps Jeyes fluid to the water. Use a stick to stir and mix. Add a squirt of dish washing liquid to get it to adhere to the foliage. Then sprinkle over the roses. Not only will this deal with black spot, but mildew, aphids and ants. There will be an odour but that disappears in a few days.

    Jeyes has long been known in South Africa as a garden disinfectant for the garden.

    Enjoy your garden
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