jeyes Fluid

[philistine]

I have just took over the running of my local allotment society
based in south yorkshire and a looking for the best places
to source value for money supplies for our shop.
Any suggestions where I could obtain a 25 litre drum of jeyes
would be good

[philistine]

[Tee Gee]

This is where we get our stuff from;

http://www.yell.com/b/Codnor+Horticultural+%28Wholesale%29+Supplies-Agricultural+Supplies-Ripley-DE53JQ-1487084/index.html

They do deliveries but there are minimum order regulations.

Give them a ring for a price list/catalogue

[philistine]

Yes someone has suggested codnors to me, i wondered if there were alternatives

[Baccy Man]

It should be available from most agricultural or equine suppliers feed suppliers etc... it would normally retail at around £130-£140 you can also buy it online for around that price.
If you can provide the necessary documentation to set up a trade account with a horticultural company then Taylors Choice will supply it for £98.95 + vat.
http://horticulture.taylorschoice.co.uk/categories/disinfectants.php
It can actually work out cheaper to buy the 5 litre cans though as janitorial supply companies regularly offer discounts on the more expensive cleaning products. This company for example is offering it for £18 per 5L.
http://www.cleaningmachinestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_20&products_id=306&zenid=1bf62f4692756302a0b70524c7a474c3

You may also want to invest in something like "Citrox" or "Natures Disinfectant" for those people that don't wish to use products like Jeyes or Armillatox.

[dtw]

What do you use Jeyes fluid for on the allotment?

[Baccy Man]

What do you use Jeyes fluid for on the allotment?

The most common use it to clean greenhouses.
Some people use it to clean poultry housing despite the fact it is not reccommended to use any phenol based disinfectant around chickens. Most disinfectants that turn water cloudy are phenol based & are toxic to poultry if they consume the water from any puddles left behind after cleaning.
Some people use it as a soil sterilant because it used to be reccommended for that purpose however it is now unlicensed therefore illegal to use it for that purpose but people continue to use it in the same way.
A lot of people now use "Battles Black Fluid" for all the above instead as it is almost identical to Jeyes it's at least as if not more effective than Jeyes & it's half the price.
Personally I will be using Nature's Disinfectant which is produced by Growing Success to clean the greenhouses for the forseeable future as they recently changed the way it's packaged the old style 500ml bottles which retailed at £5.99 each were being sold off for £1.99 locally so I bought enough to last several years. They have been replaced with new style 450ml bottles which retail at £3.50 each.