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Greenhouse clean out
Now that all the tender plants are out, in the normal way, our neighbour
would clean out the greenhouse with Jeyes, however he has a young vine growing in there now and wonders what to use instead of Jeyes as he feels it may damage the vine. Any recommendations? Mike --------------------------------------------------------------- www.friendsofshanklintheatre.co.uk |
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Greenhouse clean out
On 15/05/2014 08:34, 'Mike' wrote:
Now that all the tender plants are out, in the normal way, our neighbour would clean out the greenhouse with Jeyes, however he has a young vine growing in there now and wonders what to use instead of Jeyes as he feels it may damage the vine. Any recommendations? Mike --------------------------------------------------------------- www.friendsofshanklintheatre.co.uk Well, I'm probably in a minority of one, but I never bother to clean the greenhouse with anything other than water, and even that's not done every year. Unless he has had a known infection, which may respond to a specific fungicide (or bactericide), he will get healthier plants in the long run by exposing them to infections. That should result in some degree of resistance in the end. If you keep disinfecting, you will end up a bit like us - living in almost sterile environments with very little exposure to pathogens. And when you do get exposed, the weaknesses show! Of course, the situation is different for commercial growers, but sometimes even they can't get round a problem - look at downy mildew and Impatiens walleriana. -- Jeff |
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Jeff Layman wrote: If you keep disinfecting, you will end up a bit like us - living in almost sterile environments with very little exposure to pathogens. And when you do get exposed, the weaknesses show! Speak for yourself! We aren't all like that .... Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Greenhouse clean out
On 15/05/2014 12:53, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:25:13 +0100 (BST), (Nick Maclaren) wrote: In article , Jeff Layman wrote: If you keep disinfecting, you will end up a bit like us - living in almost sterile environments with very little exposure to pathogens. And when you do get exposed, the weaknesses show! Speak for yourself! We aren't all like that .... LOL plenty of flies on us. http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/%22Pig-Pen%22 -- Jeff |
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