Disinfecting
Many people overlook the step of disinfecting their garden box planters, but it's important. Sure, you're just going to be filling it with soil anyway, so it probably doesn't seem necessary to make sure it's clean, but it is.
Disinfect your pruning tool between plants - and between cuts on the same plant if a disease is present. Good disinfectants to use include Lysol, Listerine (full-strength) or a 70-99 percent rubbing alcohol.
Disinfect pruners before using them on other plants as you remove spent blooms and foliage throughout the garden.
Don't put any diseased plants into your compost pile.
Amend soil where there are bare spots or where you've removed annuals.
Disinfecting Gardening Tools
Cleaning Tools
Rubbing Alcohol Cleaning for Tools
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Emergency Disinfectant
lemon juice can disinfect minor wounds or lesions in the mouth and throat. (such as cankor sores)
Apply diluted juice to affected areas or gargle several times a day.
Clean and disinfect trowels, rakes, hoes and sprinklers before packing them. Mix one part household bleach to three parts water, then leave these tools to soak in the solution for one hour. Rinse and dry them thoroughly before packing.
Empty, clean, disinfect and bring in containers. You can store the soil elsewhere, if you plan to reuse it. An easy way to disinfect containers is by spraying them with a bleach cleaner.
Cleaning and disinfecting
Before cleaning the inside, remove all the plants, turn off the electricity and protect any sockets with clear plastic. Clean out all the pots, boxes and trays, and scrub containers before storage or re-use.
During pruning activities, all cutting tools should be disinfected after each cut to prevent the spread of bacteria (use denatured alcohol or 10% bleach).
Next, wipe each gourd again, this time with a soft rag soaked in disinfectant solution, Finally, spread them on newspapers in a warm but dark place for 3 or 4 weeks, or maybe more, if the gourds are particularly large and fleshy.
Dissolvers work much the same way as the flush disinfectants you hook inside a toilet. A dissolvable bar of fertilizer is loaded into a dissolver that is attached to your water source or attached just before your filter.
Start out with a clean system by properly disinfecting trays, rafts, beds and troughs. Effective chemical disinfectants include strong solutions of chlorine bleach or commercial grade hydrogen peroxide based-products.
Incorporating broccoli residues into the soil can help disinfect your soil of the fungus that causes Verticillium wilt. In areas with abundant sunlight, you can solarize the soil to disinfect it of fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and even weed seeds.
Use rubbing alcohol of 70 percent, 91 percent, or 99 percent concentration. Don't use "Pine Sol" or household bleach to disinfect your tools. Tests show they are highly corrosive to metal.
It is recommended that tools be kept sharp and disinfected with methylated spirits or diluted bleach (1%) after each cut is made. Dry tools before reuse.
REF: Lawrence, Norquay, Liffman, Practical Tree Management, Inkata Press, Aust 1993 ...
Disinfect the trap with bleach after using. Rabies is transmitted by saliva, and you don't necessarily have to be bitten to contract the disease.
All clothing, tools, and equipment used in infested areas must be properly disinfected.
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Wipe the pruners used for this pruning down with disinfectant wipes or dip pruners into a Clorox and water solution between each cutting.
Disinfect occasionally with one part chlorine bleach and nine parts lukewarm water and dry thoroughly before refilling. * Once you start to provide food for birds, continue throughout the cold season.
Assuming there is adequate length after I cut off the bad end, Irinse the cutting in disinfectant and start again in fresh potting mix.
Remove bark to reveal a browny-red mark on the bark, remove branch to 60cm (2ft) below this. Wash pruning impliments in disinfectant. Else remove the tree and burn it.
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Drain gas and oil from lawn mowers, chain saws, snow blowers, edgers, etc., and sharpen, clean and disinfect garden tools.
Once infection occurs, care should be taken to increase the tree's vigor. Good sanitation is also important. Remove and dispose of infected limbs, disinfecting tools after each cut.
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(If adding fish, ask if your water company uses chloramine, a water supply disinfectant. If it does, be sure to use a water conditioner, such as Amquel, to neutralize the chemical before adding the fish.) ...
It can spread rapidly, so remove infected wood as soon as you see symptoms; prune back to where there's no brown discoloration on the exposed end of the cutting. Be sure to disinfect pruning tools between cuts with a 50/50 bleach-water solution or ...
Bone Meal or other recommended fertilizer
Leather gloves
Wheelbarrow, wooden board, or plastic sheet to transport plant
Water (two large buckets for each plant)
Disinfecting sprays such as lime sulfur or funginex ...
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Always wash the cutting blades of secateurs, loppers and saws in diluted garden disinfectant after use, particularly when diseased wood is cut. This is to prevent the spread of diseases from plant to plant.
Cleanliness is important in all parts of the structure if pests and
diseases are to be successfully controlled. The thorough cleaning of the rafters,
brickwork and other fixtures during the winter with a strong garden disinfectant will ...
Even if you did disinfect your Greenhouse last fall, it wouldn't hurt to do it again. The best defense against insects, bacteria, fungi and viruses is cleanliness. Remove everything from your Greenhouse and clean the roof and walls inside and out.
 See also: Plant, Water, Soil, Flower, Insect
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