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How to Clean and Maintain a Birdbath in Your Yard
By: Danny Lipford
A birdbath makes a great addition to your landscape, but the debris and algae they collect are far less than attractive. Here’s a tip for getting the bath clean and keeping it clean.
- Remove the leaves, debris and stagnant water.
- Spray out as much gunk as possible with a garden hose.
- Mix up a mild bleach solution and use a stiff scrub brush to clean the bath (this will kill the algae and remove the stains it leaves behind).
- Thoroughly rinse the bath out with clean, fresh water.
- Finally drop several copper pennies into the refilled bath to prevent future algae growth (the chemical reaction between copper and water stops algae growth).
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Evelyn Fletcher Says:
July 11th, 2017 at 7:49 am
When using bleach/water to clean the birdbath, will the solution kill the plants around the birdbath?
Mary Says:
March 5th, 2017 at 2:33 pm
How do I keep hummingbird feeders from becoming stagnant. How often do they need to be changed.
Stephen Says:
March 31st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I don’t know if the pennies work but as I’ve posted elsewhere, only pennies made before 1982 are 95% copper. Newer ones are 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper. Use a piece of copper pipe instead.
DIY: August Lawn & Garden To-Do List - Danny Lipford Says:
March 4th, 2009 at 11:52 am
[…] close watch on your birdbath, water features, and hummingbird feeder – take steps to correct or avoid mold, stagnation, and […]