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Cleaning used plant pots

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The spider mites won't really have anything to do with the pots @Gardeninggirl36, so no need to worry about that  :)
    That's more of a cultural issue - they like crowded foliage, and in a warm environment, like a greenhouse, they can be a nuisance. Keeping a good airflow round your plants might help prevent them, as well as dampening down the floor etc.  :)
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    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    About once a year, when heavy rain is forecast I hurl all my pots out onto the terrace.   We do get torrential storms here, so it works well enough. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If I were to put mine out in heavy rain I’d never see them again. Over the hills and far away. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BrexiteerBrexiteer Posts: 955
    Lyn said:
    If I were to put mine out in heavy rain I’d never see them again. Over the hills and far away. 
    Is it bad where you are mate
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Wash ours in water from the butts at the glasshouse, don't bother to disinfect.
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    I've that many pots I find them easier to stack when clean and they haven't stuck together when needed the following year.,
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Zoomer44 said:
    I've that many pots I find them easier to stack when clean and they haven't stuck together when needed the following year.,
    Gosh - you stack them?  :D
    Mine are sometimes stacked 'a bit' - I just shout at them if/when I can't get them apart  ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I used to stack my pots roughly by size on green mesh shelving from ex mini greenhouses - the ones that lose their covers in the first strong winds!  They would, very occasionally, get a blast from the hosepipe to clean off muck and dust but never any disinfectant.   I gave up the blasting after finding all sorts of spiders, beetles and such using them as housing.

    Spider mites thrive in warm, dry conditions so a daily misting of the pepper plants will help with that as will @Fairygirl's suggestion of damping the greenhouse floor every day to create humidity.
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  • PeggyTXPeggyTX Posts: 556
    Well this thread sure provided some chuckles this morning.  :)
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  • oooftoooft Posts: 191
    Mine get washed for seeds and cuttings because these are more vulnerable plant stages but also because I grow these things in the conservatory and don't want wee beasties in the house. Everything else just gets papped into the nearest pot of suitable size
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