The cellar in a private house allows you to preserve the conservation and vegetables with fruits for a long time. But if the fungus grows there, act immediately, because it is dangerous not only for food, but also for your health.
How to remove the fungus in the cellar?
Below we will consider what the fungus should be treated in the cellar and what must be done first.
- So, before you remove the fungus in the cellar, you must completely remove it from the food. Typically, to fight the fungus in the cellar begins around the end of July, because at this time there are already fresh vegetables and the old can simply be thrown away.
- Before removing the fungus in the cellar, sand and shelves should be removed for conservation, since molds can remain on them and all work will go to nothing. All these boards are washed thoroughly with soap and water and dried in the sun.
- Fight with the fungus should be in a dry cellar, as these conditions for mold are most unfavorable. So, leave the cellar open and dry in this way for about a couple of weeks. Dryness kills mold and prevents it from spreading.
- Now we choose a suitable remedy for the fungus in the cellar: copper sulfate, sulfur with lime, lime vapor or paste with fluorine content. The least dangerous for humans is lime and vitriol.
- Here is the most popular recipe for how to remove the fungus in the cellar: we prepare a solution of 1 kg of hydrated lime and 100 g of copper sulfate. Both ingredients are bred with water separately, then we pour lime into vitriol. The so-called Bodros mixture is fatal for a white fungus in a cellar and relatively safe for humans. With this solution, we extensively process boards, cellar walls and the ceiling.
Important point: if there are mold on the walls, it should be removed and a small soldering of the wall with a blowing lamp, you can also simply work the solution with a solution twice. The floor is also copiously treated with the finished mixture, then sprinkled with lime and sand.