The dishes go through the dishwasher, and then another rinse with clean water going through the dishwasher, so they are as sterile as I can get them. Boiled water, sometimes I have but have not made a point of it. Will try that too. Thank you Alberto. Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand zone 10a On 31/12/2013 2:43 p.m., Alberto wrote: > Try boiling the water first and using boiled water to wash the glasses, jars, etc. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >