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Old 24-01-2010, 04:11 PM
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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!)
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Old 24-01-2010, 04:23 PM
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I never do, never had a problem.

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Old 24-01-2010, 04:24 PM
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Old 24-01-2010, 04:27 PM
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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.
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Old 24-01-2010, 04:55 PM
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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
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Old 24-01-2010, 04:57 PM
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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!
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Old 24-01-2010, 04:59 PM
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Old 24-01-2010, 05:29 PM
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I spray with WD40 to keep them in good condition, this will also serve to kill most spores/fungi etc.
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Old 24-01-2010, 05:36 PM
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Dipping them in petrol is supposed to work but tbh I've never bothered!
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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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Old 24-01-2010, 07:07 PM
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I have used Milton, its safe to use around utensils and has no odour i'm told.
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Old 24-01-2010, 08:02 PM
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WD40 and jeyes fluid. I only really disinfect if I know things are bad, like blighted tomatoes.
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ive got a pump bottle of alcohol hand rub in the shed and use that if ive cut back blighted toms
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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...

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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...

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I've never done mine either! We've already got an OCD thread! This is very disconcerting for us idle bums.
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I've never done mine either! We've already got an OCD thread! This is very disconcerting for us idle bums.

I kind of did. But I'm a beginner.

And it was an accident. Honest!!
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I've never done mine either! We've already got an OCD thread! This is very disconcerting for us idle bums.
Lets start a short cuts and idlebums thread?
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Read somewhere about keeping secateurs and garden knives stuck into a bucket of sand in between uses but I can't remember why.
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Old 27-01-2010, 11:26 AM
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Read somewhere about keeping secateurs and garden knives stuck into a bucket of sand in between uses but I can't remember why.
It scrapes off the gunk and is supposed to sharpen them a bit. Oily sand is often recommended. (I don't, of course!)
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Don't think i'll bother either Flum a quick wipe with a rag seems to work OK.
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