All you need to do is treat it like any other fungus.
Also, by keeping the soil clean, trimming away untidy leaves to let in air, and not letting the ground get too wet you will discourage the fungi from setting up home.
You could have saved your wallet, you nose and the local ecology by using sodium bicarbonate. See here:
@pansyface I had the stuff left over so didn't buy any more. I will need to find a safe way to dispose of what I still have left. I grow in quadgrows so no question of the soil being too damp. I don't really think there is a lot you can do to avoid blight if it's in the neighbourhood.
I don't use (purchased ready prepared) chemicals to treat fungus or mildew. Tomato blight is untreatable as far as I know.
So any advice about the pots and tanks I have already used it on? I guess there is not much more I can do other than to give them another thorough rinse. I have a concrete enclosed area, inaccessible to pets, where the stuff an at least just go down the drain (better than directly into the ground).
I always associate the smell with my great uncle as he uses it to clean in his green house ( he’s 86 and has done all his life so won’t change now). I think the smell “wears off” but will linger about. I smell it still in his greenhouse and he last used it in January ☹️.
I know bicarbonate was mentioned as an alternative cleaner but it does also neutralise and deodoriser, I use it in new flasks and reusable water bottles to take that plastic taste away.
Thanks, @SherwoodArrow I guess the concern is, that if it still smells, there are still chemicals present, but... not necessarily in dangerous quantities (and it not smelling, doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any still present). There is only a faint whiff of it now. I am more concerned about my cat... I lost his sister last week. I couldn't bear to lose him. (Well full stop, but especially not after losing his sister).
WIll cleaning my garden tools with Jeyes Fluid kill Marestail spores, ? I have been using various tools to clear Marestail from a garden and want to Decontaminate the tools I have used... many thanks in advance
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All you need to do is treat it like any other fungus.
Also, by keeping the soil clean, trimming away untidy leaves to let in air, and not letting the ground get too wet you will discourage the fungi from setting up home.
You could have saved your wallet, you nose and the local ecology by using sodium bicarbonate. See here:
https://www.thespruce.com/baking-soda-spray-on-houseplants-1902672
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
I grow in quadgrows so no question of the soil being too damp. I don't really think there is a lot you can do to avoid blight if it's in the neighbourhood.
I don't use (purchased ready prepared) chemicals to treat fungus or mildew. Tomato blight is untreatable as far as I know.
So any advice about the pots and tanks I have already used it on? I guess there is not much more I can do other than to give them another thorough rinse. I have a concrete enclosed area, inaccessible to pets, where the stuff an at least just go down the drain (better than directly into the ground).
What a waste of water, though too!
I know bicarbonate was mentioned as an alternative cleaner but it does also neutralise and deodoriser, I use it in new flasks and reusable water bottles to take that plastic taste away.
Not sure if that helps but...
Failure is always an option.
I remain solidly against the use of Jeyes fluid in gardens and I now give you this link instead. Maybe stick it in your pipe and smoke it.
https://www.bridgebiotechnology.com/jeyes-fluid-5-important-reasons-why-not-to-use-this-product/
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.