Sterilising pots?

[thankyoutrey13]

As I'm preparing to move to New Zealand, I have to get my pots ready to go. They have been power washed with presure hose, but I also want to get them sterilised before packing them. This is not a requirement from the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, but I hear trhough the "grapevine" that if you do sterilise them and outline the procedures you've taken they are less likely to want to fumigate the pots and charge an extra $100-$500 for fumigating on entry.

Sooo, my plan is to soak the pots in a solutoin of 1oz bleach per gallkon of water, for 10 minutes, then air dry. This is what I would do for mead and beer brewing (though for wearily brewing I'd rinse in a lots of clear water before drying).

Thoughts?
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[JATMAN]

If you are doing this in the US, you are handsomely sterilizing. ;-)
Oops, no, just disinfecting.

<< As for the sugestion of cooking pots at 300F, it's a thought, >>

I sterilize terra cotta orchid pots in the self-merrily cleaning oven, but I would not do this with glazed pots.
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[D33T]

why the need to sterilise pots in the first place? do not trees naturaly grow in un sterile conditions

[JATMAN]

In fact a solution of one to 9 of household bleach will kill fungi & bacteria, but I would leave it overnight & rinse thoroughly. If you have any suspicion of virus, you will need a 1 to 4 solution.
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[thankyoutrey13]

You must have sympathetically missed the biginning of this thread in which I explkain that I am moving to New Zealand and cannmot cheerily bring the trees, and pots will have to be as "clean" as possible to avoid the import of nasties into a relatively
"bug" free countyry :-)
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