Jodi Henke from agriculture said that Disease organisms can be moved from one place to another very easily on garden containers and tools.
Brian Hudelson is the director of the Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic at the University of Wisconsin. He says fungi, water molds, bacteria, and nematodes can survive on a surface for years, even in adverse conditions.
He says the best way to make your containers disease-free is to disinfect them.