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Cleanliness is one thing that greatly matters at all times. Cleaning your garden containers regularly like every month or twice a month is a must to get rid of fungus and bacteria that can damage the growth and appearance of the flowering plants growing in these containers. They should be free from harmful microbes like fungus which grows and multiplies fast and can quickly infect one plant and contaminate the others like killing all of them so quickly. To spare your plants from the threats of these deadly microbes, a few cleaning tips are to the rescue.

The process of cleaning is usually dependent on what type of garden containers you have or what material it is made of like either wood, hard plastics, iron, or aluminum. Here are some of the quick and easy steps in cleaning your plant containers such as flower boxes.

First, you should prepare the cleaning materials such as plastic scrubbers, sponge, hose, cleaning solution, and brush. Brush off the dirt or debris in and on the surfaces of the flower window box. A stiff brush for clay and a plastic scrubber for plastic are better to use. Wash the container box using a liquid solution or liquid soap, and a sponge. Remove the dirt completely by scrubbing well the surfaces in and outside of the container. Disinfect the box by rinsing boiling water on it. Next, dry the box by exposing it to sunlight to ensure very minimal number of bacteria if not zero percent. The sun’s ultraviolet rays is said to be the best disinfectant. You can make a baking soda paste with a little water to avoid salt build up in the flower box. A fine steel wool is suitable in scrubbing wooden flower window boxes. For hard plastic boxes, using a plastic scrubber is appropriate.

This is just a crash course on how you will clean your window flower box. Now, you can have it filled with your favorite flowers or ornamental plants. Cleaning plant containers is not always part of our daily activities, so there is no reason to miss one cleaning session within a month or two. The cleaning will only take a few hours so it will not mess up your day. Nonetheless, cleanliness in everything we do, and in everything we have, ensures a healthy lifestyle and a fulfilling life.

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Romeo Dolor tackles topics on modern gardening and window flower box ideas such as customizing flower boxes, and provides interesting articles about container gardening with the use of flower window box.