On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:28:18 +1100, David Hare-Scott wrote:


Very likely the basket has fungal spores in it. Wash it with soap and
water and put it out in the sun for a few days.

Try a cap full of bleach in a bucket of water and let it soak for a day*,
then wave dry and sun dry

* it it s just plain cane.

soap is a wetting agent, whereas the bleach kills fungi.