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

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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. I'm little confused as to how safe it is to use a Sulphur Candle. I have frogs, newts etc. in my polytunnel and I don't want to deliberately kill them. Especially as the frogs will eat slugs etc. 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.

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.” But now its getting very difficult to source sulphur candles as they are now banned for use on plants as a pesticide although interestingly they still can be used as a greenhouse cleaner which is what I use them for. However companies that make them have decided not to bother with re-registering them due to the extra cost and have ceased manufacture 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.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:

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). Special Offers – It is important to fumigate & clean a greenhouse to clear out any pests and diseases. Clear your greenhouse of pests by fumigating with a Garlic Greenhouse Candle and then use our Horticultural Disinfectant to clean and remove bacterial and fungal diseases. Garlic Greenhouse Candles are very easy to use – simply place in your greenhouse, light the fuse and leave overnight. Then use Green Gardeners Natural Disinfectant to clean the woodwork, aluminium and glass to remove bacterial and fungal diseases. Buy BOTH together and save money! Available NOW . 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.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.