Was Cardamine hirsuta Sterilising potting mixture
Jadeboy48@aol.com (Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:07:39 PDT)

You could get a clean oil drum/fill with wet soil.Heat in pit type campfire
till steam emerges from the soil and a candy thermometer reaches 175
degrees when placed in the center of the soil mass. Comercial grower buy
electric sterilizer that cook the soil till it is pest free. Look online for a
large supplier of agricultural equipment. It
does smell like cooking dirt so don't do it next to you house or when
your spouse is throwing a party-Russ H
You can get an old turkey roasting pan/fill with potting mix and heat in
oven.It does work. Smells pretty bad.

In a message dated 4/3/2013 12:39:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
bulborum@gmail.com writes:

Did any try to heat small amounts of potting mixture to heat in the
microwave ??
are there some other ways to sterilise potting mixture in smaller
quantities
for example 50 litre

Roland

2013/4/3 <Jadeboy48@aol.com>:
Yes, sterilising soil with steam is an excellent idea.

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