Battles Sulphur Candle 225g PACK OF 2 - Kill Greenhouse Pests and Spores

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Mildew: Good hard frosts will usually kill off mildews but they can survive on old plant material, particularly the leaves of cucurbits such as cucumbers. It is important to fumigate & clean a greenhouse to clear out any pests / diseases that may be over-wintering. Clear your greenhouse of pests by fumigating with a Garlic Greenhouse Candle and then use Citrox, our natural disinfectant to remove bacterial and fungal diseases. Garlic Greenhouse Candles are very easy to use – simply place in your greenhouse, light the fuse and leave overnight. HOWEVER, unlike sulphur candles you do NOT need to remove the plants & they are safe to use in aluminium greenhouses and polytunnels. Then use Citrox (our natural disinfectant) to clean the woodwork, aluminium and glass to remove bacterial and fungal diseases. Blight: The spores of blight infection can easily spread to tomatoes and potatoes from plant debris left in the greenhouse or garden, so it must be removed and disposed of or burnt.

Northumberland can be unforgiving on a north sloping face, but this only means that we are about a month behind the rest of the country, and possibly three weeks shorter growing season. The soggy ground will soon dry out to entice me in to thinking that I can start sowing a month before it is wise to. Listen to the old fellers and when THEY start digging and sowing !" Replenish Soil: If, like me, you grow tomatoes in the same greenhouse bed every year then it is all too easy for the soil to become depleted of nutrients or diseases, such as blight, to persist. The best solution is to dig out some of the spent compost each year and replace it with a fresh supply. I usually cover this with a layer of sterilised potting compost/soil to keep weeds at bay. The ingredients are not listed, but I have used Provado ultimate bug killer, "Growing Success" Greenhouse Whitefly, and some VERY old nasty stuff of my farthers called Symbol 2 which contains pirimiphos - methyl. Cleaning has never really been my strong point (as my wife would gladly tell you) but when it comes to the greenhouse it is an essential part of the gardening year. Once Christmas is out of the way and days start to lengthen, cleaning the greenhouse is a great way to feel connected with the garden again, even if the temperatures are too low to be sowing seeds. Use a Garlic Greenhouse Candle to fumigate a greenhouse to clear out any pests before the winter or that may be over-wintering i.e. red spider mite, whitefly and aphids.Clear your greenhouse of these unwanted pests at ANY time of year by fumigating with a Garlic Greenhouse Candle. Sulphur candles have been the traditional way of clearing pests, but now you can replace these nasty sulphur candles with a chemical-free Garlic Candle. They are used in the same way as a sulphur candle i.e. simply place in your greenhouse, light the fuse and leave overnight. HOWEVER, unlike sulphur candles you do NOT need to remove the plants before using the Garlic Candle and they are safe to use in aluminium greenhouses and polytunnels. Garlic Greenhouse Smokes do not leave any smell or visible deposits in the greenhouse and they will not taint any fruit and / or vegetables. Garlic Greenhouse Smoke – Each candle is sufficient to treat approximately 20 cubic metres (equivalent to a 3m x 2m greenhouse).

A greenhouse is a wonderful addition to almost any garden. It enables you to grow tender plants earlier, ripen crops that need more warmth and keep harvesting later in the season. Unlike other garden protection such as cloches and row covers which need removing whenever you want to weed or water, greenhouses make tending your plants much easier. However, it’s not just plants that enjoy the protection of a greenhouse – pests and diseases love them too, avoiding the harsh weather and frosts that usually kill them off! So how do you stop them from enjoying a sheltered existence where they can strike at your new sown plants? The answer is a good spring clean... The alternatives seem to be all permethrin based which would kill all crawling/flying insects in the greenhouse but not eggs or fungi - at least as far as I know. Since there isn't much flying or crawling around in it in February/early March it would seem to be a bit pointless.

Scrub the surfaces: Again, all traces of mildews, grime and pests must be removed from any staging where your plants will be placed. Any capillary matting should usually be replaced. The greenhouse should then be well ventilated to allow everywhere to dry.Garlic Greenhouse Candles are used in the same way as a sulphur candle i.e. simply place in your greenhouse, light the fuse and leave overnight. HOWEVER, unlike sulphur candles you do NOT need to remove the plants before using the Garlic Candle and they are safe to use in aluminium greenhouses and polytunnels. Garlic Greenhouse Smokes do not leave any smell or visible deposits in the greenhouse and they will not taint any fruit and / or vegetables. Garlic Greenhouse Smoke – Each candle is sufficient to treat approximately 20 cubic metres (equivalent to a 3m x 2m greenhouse). How do I use them :-

Clean the glass. Light levels in the UK are usually poor around early spring and plants need as much sunlight as possible if they are to grow well without becoming straggly. It’s amazing just how much algae can build up in the warm moist conditions, so a good clean inside and out with warm water and a sponge is essential. Some people like to add some disinfectant but if you do, make sure that it is based on natural ingredients and is suitable for use near plants – many garden catalogues sell such products. Use an old plastic plant label to reach the grime that forms between glass pains. [Don’t forget to switch off any electrical supply before you start using water!] Garlic Greenhouse Candles as recommended by Adam Pascoe in the Gardeners World magazine– “Take this opportunity to clean the glass & framework & fumigate to get rid of any pests & fungal spores. Try a Garlic Candle from Green Gardener, which produces smoke that gets into all the nooks & crannies. Use 2 candles per greenhouse. Seal the windows and doors, so the smoke does not escape.” Here in northernmost Idaho of the US we've had a real weird winter. Usually we're a few feet deep in snow much of it, but this year we're hurting for snow here and in the mountains around us. Come spring we won't be seeing the old road washouts, at least, but summer will be mighty dry and expensive to water our gardens, I fear." The solution to eradicating these potential problems is to do a deep clean of the greenhouse before the new sowing season begins. I usually follow these steps:Clean Pots and Trays: Emptying out all compost, I usually leave these a few days to dry out so that most of the dirt can be ‘dusted out’ before rinsing them. We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. Avoid breathing the fumes from a burning sulphur candle as the Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) that is given off will irritate your nose and throat, irritation will also occur on the moist surface of the eye.