So we've removed the old rotten planters and filled the new ones with something resembling the forum approved mix of sand/grit, topsoil, compost (no manure). The old ones were pretty bad, source of all the snails I think, and also rotten wood and soil sitting against the deck for god knows how long.
The new ones will be raised up off the ground, and I need to clean and re-treat the whole deck, but in the interim, is there anything I can/should do about the slightly rotten boards under one particularly bad spot? I was going to let them dry out a bit before putting the new ones there.
So we've removed the old rotten planters and filled the new ones with something resembling the forum approved mix of sand/grit, topsoil, compost (no manure). The old ones were pretty bad, source of all the snails I think, and also rotten wood and soil sitting against the deck for god knows how long.
The new ones will be raised up off the ground, and I need to clean and re-treat the whole deck, but in the interim, is there anything I can/should do about the slightly rotten boards under one particularly bad spot? I was going to let them dry out a bit before putting the new ones there.
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