Re: bleaching pots...was Container Soil
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- Subject: Re: bleaching pots...was Container Soil
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:17:41 -0400
Hmmm.... I always soak pots I use for seeding in bleach/water solution -
never lost any plants yet from this. But, I do rinse thoroughly...did you
rinse your pot?
Bleach solution is the only way I know of to "sterilize" pots - doesn't
really, but it kills a lot of nasties - essential for starting seed; not so
essential for potting up something dug up out of the garden and already
exposed to everything that's going.
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> From: SAdamsGARD@aol.com
> Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 1:08 AM
>
> In a message dated 4/17/99 8:19:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> MWill68323@aol.com writes:
>
> I tried to be more careful last year and washed most of the containers
(that
> would fit) in the dishwasher, even the clay pots. The larger ones I used
> bleach water. The day after I planted something in the pot that had been
> cleaned with the right amount of water and bleach, the plant died. No
more
> bleach for me.
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