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    Hi Folks - just a quick query - I'm about to launch my winter pruning and I wondered how I disinfect the pruners /loppers in between plants so that I don't spread any nasties. The GC was totally bemused by my query (but then, they usually are!)
    Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

  • #2
    I never do, never had a problem.

    You could dip them in a tub of Jayes fluid.

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    • #3
      Or Milton?
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      • #4
        At my new allotment gardening evening course, our guy recommended antiseptic wipes as the easiest and quickest way. He said they should be disinfected between each bush/shrub/tree etc.
        Caro

        Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day

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        • #5
          I've used anticeptic wipes after cutting back blighty toms, don't know if this is best but I didn't get any more blight afterwards

          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Caro View Post
            At my new allotment gardening evening course, our guy recommended antiseptic wipes as the easiest and quickest way. He said they should be disinfected between each bush/shrub/tree etc.
            Originally posted by Alison View Post
            I've used anticeptic wipes after cutting back blighty toms, don't know if this is best but I didn't get any more blight afterwards
            Thank you Caro and Alison - that's exactly what I will do! How practical. I'm surprised the big companies haven't brought out a range of these themselves at double the cost!
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Sssssssh don't give them ideas
              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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              • #8
                I spray with WD40 to keep them in good condition, this will also serve to kill most spores/fungi etc.
                Mark

                Vegetable Kingdom blog

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                • #9
                  Dipping them in petrol is supposed to work but tbh I've never bothered!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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                  • #10
                    TBH I never bother. Just wash in hot soapy water when they get gungy. Obviously if you're pruning something diseased then you should use extra disinfectant.

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                    • #11
                      I have used Milton, its safe to use around utensils and has no odour i'm told.
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                      • #12
                        WD40 and ***** fluid. I only really disinfect if I know things are bad, like blighted tomatoes.
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                        • #13
                          ive got a pump bottle of alcohol hand rub in the shed and use that if ive cut back blighted toms
                          The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

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                          • #14
                            Last year my pruning kit included a bottle of a well known Vodka (note: other vodkas can be used with similar results): Rockingham Forest Cider: Pruning

                            On a grafting course we used disinfectant wipes, so perhaps best save the vodka for other uses...

                            Mark
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by littlemark View Post
                              Last year my pruning kit included a bottle of a well known Vodka (note: other vodkas can be used with similar results): Rockingham Forest Cider: Pruning

                              On a grafting course we used disinfectant wipes, so perhaps best save the vodka for other uses...

                              Mark
                              Don't ever use vodka on your garden tools - DRINK IT INSTEAD

                              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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