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Plant friendly path cleaner

jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434
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Hi all,

Just looking for suggestions of a plant friendly path cleaner. I have a concrete path at front of my house loading up to front door but have a low hedge on one side and some border plants to other side and don't want to use anything that would effect these with any runoff.

Is there anything i could use here to clean up the concrete path. Perhaps a homemade suggestion as i cannot find anything commerically image

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Hot soapy water and scrubbing brush. And some elbow grease!

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434

    Thanks hogweed. i'll give it a go at least. I guess i was looking for the easy option image

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Every couple of years I use a bucket of cold water with a glug of bleach and a yard broom on my patio.

    It doesn't come up like new, but it does make a big difference


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • jaffacakesjaffacakes Posts: 434

    I thought about bleach but i'm not sure around plants...

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Oh - maybe not then.
    My patio doesn't have any plants around it.
    Sorry - back to the elbow grease!  - Unless you can borrow a pressure cleaner


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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