These four simple methods for cleaning pruning shears will kill any plant diseases and pests on your tools.
Marty Baldwin
Pruning shears are essential tools for maintaining a garden.
Why Clean Pruning Shears?
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That includespruning toolssuch as garden shears, trimmers, clippers, scissors, snips, and loppers.
Its a good gardening practice todisinfect all garden implementsat least once a year, either in spring or fall.
It is a salt that can alter the soil pH, and it doesn’t kill fungi.
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This makes it much easier to sanitize your tools later.
Just ensure the product you use isat least 70% isopropyl or rubbing alcohol.
The beauty of using rubbing alcohol on garden tools is that this product works much faster than other methods.
Rubbing alcohol can be applied with a spray bottle or wiped over garden tools with a damp cloth.
Mike Jensen
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Whenever you use bleach, wear gloves to avoid skin damage and NEVER mix bleach with other cleaning products.
Hydrogen peroxide is commonly sprayed on reusable seed-starting trays to help prevent damping-off.
Many common plant pathogens, including powdery mildew and damping-off, are due to fungi or similar micro-organisms.
