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Wally Richards – Condy’s Crystals: A gardening boon

Wally Richards – Condy’s Crystals: A gardening boon

Potassium Permanganate (Condy’s Crystals) has numerous uses in gardening as well as in other areas. I remember as a boy that if one had a sore throat a mild tincture of Condy’s Crystals would be made up to use as a gargle. This would hopefully kill the bacteria which was causing the sore throat. It […]

Sterilising Soil

Sterilising Soil

A question that I am often asked is about the need to sterilise soil in areas where a crop is grown each year, such as tomatoes or potatoes. The reason that a number of gardeners wish to sterilise the soil in a given area is because they believe that the process will clean up pathogens […]