Hi Bert -
My intention was never to castigate those who like to
bleach their pots!
With a house and yard full of children and pets, a
container of bleach and pots is a very bad idea.
Whereas, I have a door from my kitchen (and the oven)
right to the patio (where I repot).
And, your pots must be
A self-cleaning oven uses tremendous amounts of electricity for a cycle.
It
will make a noticeable difference in your electric bill. If you don't
believe me, just go outside and watch the pretty electric meter whirl like
a
dervish for hours whiles it's carbonizing your oven's interior. Might
It's cheaper than chemicals. An oven uses about 4Kw. Let's assume you run
the oven for 2 hours. Let's also assume a duty cycle of 50% (it's probably
less). Electricity is $0.10/KWH or less in most of the US. That makes the
cost of cleaning a load of pots 40 cents or less. Plus you don't need
Mike said: But, if you are
worried about the cost of a gallon of bleach or less
than $1 of electricity, you have chosen the wrong
hobby
There you go!
Like Iris, I run a full load of pots, when the oven
needs to be cleaned anyway (you cannot use chemicals
in a self-cleaning oven!). At perhaps 5-6
- Original Message -
From: nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Orchids@orchidguide.com
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: [OGD] Re: sterilizing pots
Greetings -
For those with a self-cleaning oven, I think this is
an excellent way to clean and sterilize pots. I
usually run
In a message dated 9/7/04 6:23:55 AM, Bob Scully writes:
I respectfully take exception to the apparently dominant opinion on the
efficacy of bleach as a reliable virus sterilant for orchid pots and cutting
instruments.
Thanks. Let's hear it for the self-cleaning oven, periodic sample
In a message dated 8/31/04 4:05:46 AM, Roberts Flower Supply writes:
I would suggest rather than firing your pot over again at 900 F that a soak
in 20% hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) will kill all your bugs but also
remove all the salt out of your clay pot.
Sorry to differ with you, and
I was only talking about pots not metal stakes. Calcium chloride is very
soluble on the acid side. With the mix you used it is possible you were
close to a neutral solution that could of caused it to precipitate that
could give you problems. I never had a problem using the hydrochloric acid
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