Bake HEat Or Microwave your Soil to kill insect larvae, fungus, worms, Spider mites

Tim Fox

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Hey, does anyone do this, It is not mandatory, but some horticulturists prefer to sterilize their soil before germinating. This is done mainly to kill insect larvae, fungus, worms, bacteria and other pathogens that may harm your plants. You can use your convection oven for small amounts at 200F (93°C) for 30 minutes, a microwave on high for two minutes or can place the soils outside on a plastic tarp, rake the soil thin and let bake in the sun for 10 days.

seems like a great way to insure my fox farms ocean is pure and clean of nasty bugs and spiders,, does anyone else do this?
 
It won't stay sterile for long. I grow in soil because of the beneficial bacterial, fungi and other organic material that combine to form a symbiotic web. If you eliminate the life from that web you may as well grow hydroponically.
Its possible to grow in a sterile medium and many growers do. But its not the same imo.
 
Hey, does anyone do this, It is not mandatory, but some horticulturists prefer to sterilize their soil before germinating. This is done mainly to kill insect larvae, fungus, worms, bacteria and other pathogens that may harm your plants. You can use your convection oven for small amounts at 200F (93°C) for 30 minutes, a microwave on high for two minutes or can place the soils outside on a plastic tarp, rake the soil thin and let bake in the sun for 10 days.

seems like a great way to insure my fox farms ocean is pure and clean of nasty bugs and spiders,, does anyone else do this?

It Gon Be Fine Broda.There is a small ecosystem in there,pick your bacteria well and they will keep it Kleen.See somethin Green then hit it with a dilute H2O2 mist...Everyting Irie....
 
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