How to Sterilize Gardening Tools
- 1). Clean all dirt and soil from the garden tools. As tools age the steel gets pitted. Scrub out all traces of dirt before sanitizing.
- 2). Find a bucket large enough to completely encompass the tools' steel parts -- shovel blades, fork tongs and pruning shear blades.
- 3). Mix a solution of 80 percent warm water and 20 percent household detergent; lysol works well, does not corrode tools and is relatively safe to handle.
- 4). Dip each garden tool into the solution, making sure all parts of the blades come into contact with the liquid.
- 5). Set the tools on a clean, dry surface to air dry. Put tools away when dry or use them in the garden.
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