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Default Using seed potatoes vs. 'ordinary 'spuds?

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.
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Default Using seed potatoes vs. 'ordinary 'spuds?

On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:06:29 +1100, terryc wrote:

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.


I'll do that, thanks Terry (and yes - it's a cane basket).
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