Pressure treated lumber, some times referred to as "green treated" lumber is not the same as maintenance free decking. Treated lumber generally does not need to be painted or stained for up to a year but the main purpose of it being "treated" is to increase it's durability and resistance to wood damaging insects as well as fungus.
If you want actual maintenance free decking you need to go with composite materials or with metal (generally aluminum), both considerably more expensive than wood. Of course there is the good old fashion cement patio too.
My solution to maintenance free decking... let my kids do the maintenance.
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