sterilizing your own soil

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lnewman02 Sewickley, PA Feb 04, 2016

Anyone have any experience sterilizing their own soil with which to start seeds in? if so, could you please share your experience? How do you cook it and at what temp? Can you successfully sterilize soil from the ground?

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Feb 04, 2016

are you starting seeds in pots indoors, under lights? Outdoor soil is not the best, texture wise, for pots.

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lnewman02 Sewickley, PA Feb 05, 2016

this would be for starting seeds indoors, yes.

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Gitagal Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a) Feb 06, 2016

lnewman02

You should not use regular garden soil for starting seeds indoors. It is too heavy.
Seed starting MIxes are light, fluffy and contain NO soil.

Home Depot carries a couple nice ones. Check the ones by "Jiffy"
MG is OK--but I like the Organic ones better. The peat Moss in these is much lighter.
Peat Moss is the main ingredient in Seed Starting Mixes. Very fine peat Moss...

https://www.google.com/search?q=home+depot+seed+starting+mix&ie=utf-8&oe=u

Gita

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