"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
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from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

I suppose there comes a time in every polytunnel life...it starts to
look
disgusting

I can work out that a squeezy mop will remove the green on the outside,
but
what should I use as a chemical?

Something harmless that will still do the job of loosening before using
a
hose?

There are Kiwi below, near the sides on the outside and I'm still silly
enough to believe they will fruit one day.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

I just use a mild solution of washing-up liquid. It seems enough to
shift the green. I find a soft broom works well but a squeezy mop sounds
good too. There's always a bit right on top which I can't reach, so only
two thirds gets cleaned.

Janet G

Hi,
I use washing up liquid inside and dilute household bleach outside (with a
kitchen floor mop) Outside to get the top third you can't reach there are
two options
1 tie a long bit of wood onto a ladder attach cushions and lean onto
plastic, or
2 the method I use, which is get an old towel soak in the dilute bleach
attach two long pieces of rope one for each side of the tunnel and pull it
back and forth across the top.
HTH
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

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from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

To take the last point first. Yes, both male and female. Two male, eight
female. No fruit.

Funny you should mention pigs....this is all John Seymour's fault

Good to hear your pecker is still raised.

Um, that will be misconstrued.....

Good to hear your spirits are not downwotsit.

I don't know what the timescale is for Chinese goosegog-fruiting
expectation: I have some seedlings which i intended planting out during
the imminent year, but if it's too long a wait I might be tempted to
grow something else and buy the New Zealand product.

Anybody? Relatively sunny East Angular.

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Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
message ...
The message
from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

I suppose there comes a time in every polytunnel life...it starts to
look
disgusting

I can work out that a squeezy mop will remove the green on the outside,
but
what should I use as a chemical?

Something harmless that will still do the job of loosening before using
a
hose?

There are Kiwi below, near the sides on the outside and I'm still silly
enough to believe they will fruit one day.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

I just use a mild solution of washing-up liquid. It seems enough to
shift the green. I find a soft broom works well but a squeezy mop sounds
good too. There's always a bit right on top which I can't reach, so only
two thirds gets cleaned.

Janet G

Hi,
I use washing up liquid inside and dilute household bleach outside (with a
kitchen floor mop) Outside to get the top third you can't reach there are
two options
1 tie a long bit of wood onto a ladder attach cushions and lean onto
plastic, or
2 the method I use, which is get an old towel soak in the dilute bleach
attach two long pieces of rope one for each side of the tunnel and pull it
back and forth across the top.
HTH
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
message ...
The message
from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

I suppose there comes a time in every polytunnel life...it starts to
look
disgusting

I can work out that a squeezy mop will remove the green on the outside,
but
what should I use as a chemical?

Something harmless that will still do the job of loosening before using
a
hose?

There are Kiwi below, near the sides on the outside and I'm still silly
enough to believe they will fruit one day.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

I just use a mild solution of washing-up liquid. It seems enough to
shift the green. I find a soft broom works well but a squeezy mop sounds
good too. There's always a bit right on top which I can't reach, so only
two thirds gets cleaned.

Janet G

Hi,
I use washing up liquid inside and dilute household bleach outside (with a
kitchen floor mop) Outside to get the top third you can't reach there are
two options
1 tie a long bit of wood onto a ladder attach cushions and lean onto
plastic, or
2 the method I use, which is get an old towel soak in the dilute bleach
attach two long pieces of rope one for each side of the tunnel and pull it
back and forth across the top.
HTH
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
message ...
The message
from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

I suppose there comes a time in every polytunnel life...it starts to
look
disgusting

I can work out that a squeezy mop will remove the green on the outside,
but
what should I use as a chemical?

Something harmless that will still do the job of loosening before using
a
hose?

There are Kiwi below, near the sides on the outside and I'm still silly
enough to believe they will fruit one day.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

I just use a mild solution of washing-up liquid. It seems enough to
shift the green. I find a soft broom works well but a squeezy mop sounds
good too. There's always a bit right on top which I can't reach, so only
two thirds gets cleaned.

Janet G

Hi,
I use washing up liquid inside and dilute household bleach outside (with a
kitchen floor mop) Outside to get the top third you can't reach there are
two options
1 tie a long bit of wood onto a ladder attach cushions and lean onto
plastic, or
2 the method I use, which is get an old towel soak in the dilute bleach
attach two long pieces of rope one for each side of the tunnel and pull it
back and forth across the top.
HTH
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
message ...
The message
from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

I suppose there comes a time in every polytunnel life...it starts to
look
disgusting

I can work out that a squeezy mop will remove the green on the
outside,
but
what should I use as a chemical?

Something harmless that will still do the job of loosening before
using
a
hose?

There are Kiwi below, near the sides on the outside and I'm still
silly
enough to believe they will fruit one day.

Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com

I just use a mild solution of washing-up liquid. It seems enough to
shift the green. I find a soft broom works well but a squeezy mop sounds
good too. There's always a bit right on top which I can't reach, so only
two thirds gets cleaned.

Janet G

Hi,
I use washing up liquid inside and dilute household bleach outside (with a
kitchen floor mop) Outside to get the top third you can't reach there are
two options
1 tie a long bit of wood onto a ladder attach cushions and lean onto
plastic, or
2 the method I use, which is get an old towel soak in the dilute bleach
attach two long pieces of rope one for each side of the tunnel and pull it
back and forth across the top.
HTH
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)


Thanks everyone, I'll give the fairy liquid a try, I think, and hope the
Kiwis don't take offence.

I like the idea of the rope and towel. That should work.

Regards
Pat Gardiner

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

To take the last point first. Yes, both male and female. Two male, eight
female. No fruit.

snip

I don't know what the timescale is for Chinese goosegog-fruiting
expectation: I have some seedlings which i intended planting out during
the imminent year, but if it's too long a wait I might be tempted to
grow something else and buy the New Zealand product.

Anybody? Relatively sunny East Angular.

I even rush out for every springtime frost and cover overnight.

I think, given that I have waiting five years, with ziltch. I would only
grow in a tunnel next time.

Unless someone has any other bright ideas?

Regards Pat Gardiner



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The message
from "Pat Gardiner" contains these words:

Thanks everyone, I'll give the fairy liquid a try, I think, and hope the
Kiwis don't take offence.

Fairy liquid is fine. Just don't use washing powder unless it states
that it is garden-safe.

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Rusty
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