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  • Now when they say "scrub"...

    How vigorous do they mean?

    I have one of those poor excuses for a greenhouse that's a mere 6ft x 2ft. I've had it a few years but never really cleaned it, just cleared it out.

    However, this year it had a small amount of algae on the polycarbonate panels, so I decided to give it a proper "clean".

    I have two of the four-tier mini greenhouse shelves inside (one either side of the door) and that's about all I can fit inside. They were both removed and I clambered inside - a feat when you're my size! I had a bucket full of soapy water and a deck scrubbing brush (longer bristles at one end). I started to scrub away, but it was clear pretty much straight away that I'd have to go gentle. The polycarb panels are only thin, so soon start to buckle and move under any amount of pressure. My scrubbing was therefore less vigorous than perhaps I should have been.

    It looks clean now - cleaner than it was for sure, but I'd not consider it spotless.

    Because it's sited about a foot away from the fence, I can't get to the back which has quite a bit of algae on, but only the outside.

    Shelves all had a scrub down with the soapy water too before all being placed back inside to be left with the door open to dry off for the day.

    Reckon I've done enough?
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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    Nope !
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

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    • #3
      Bummocks!

      Took me half an hour to get in/out each time too. #Contortionist
      A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

      BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

      Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


      What would Vedder do?

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      • #4
        I jest mate!

        Anything is better than nothing and it sounds like you've done a good job ( better than I would do!)
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          I have a polycarb greenhouse too. Haven't really had a problem with buckling panels, but then I'm in a windy spot and have added lots of extra clips etc. as reinforcement.

          Soapy water is fine to start with, but I always use Jeys fluid for the 'proper clean'. Give it plenty of elbow grease, especially in all those nooks and craneys. Use the same treatment on everything you take out of and intend to put back into the greenhouse.
          A good beginning is half the work.
          Praise the young and they will make progress.

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          • #6
            For wifey's glass greenhouse I just use a bleach & warm water mix applied with a sponge.simples
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            • #7
              A spray with a solution of armillatox should clean the areas you can't otherwise reach . It won't do any harm on the areas you have scrubbed either.

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              • #8
                I am a bleach fan for my poly panels 50/50 with water wipe on an watch the algae melt away. Like you my GH backs onto a wooden fence so I squirt the solution on with an old bike pump, then wash off with clean water.

                Colin
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                • #9
                  oooh that reminds me, I have an old brass whatsit for doing that. I must have a look in my shed for it.

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                  • #10
                    You could always rinse with vinegar if you didn't want to splash bleach around.
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                    • #11
                      ***** is brilliant on algae. How about a spontex scrubber - less brutal than a brush?!
                      Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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                      • #12
                        I'm going to use armillatox when my pal pulls his finger our a brings me some.
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