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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 155932" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Does any who adds potting compost, or similar, to their substrate mix sterilise it before use? </p><p></p><p>I was looking at some of the mixes used by members here & some mention potting compost. A few years ago a gardener was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease which it is thought he contracted via potting compost, due to a cut on his hand.</p><p>Potting compost contains all sorts of microorganisms, some of which are good for what gardeners want, but some are bad, even for gardens. </p><p>As a school boy, one of my favourite skives was sterilising the soil in the school greenhouse. </p><p>Looking online I found it was perfectly possible to sterilise the small quantities we need using a microwave oven, or by spreading some on a baking tray & heating it in a conventional oven.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 155932, member: 29323"] Does any who adds potting compost, or similar, to their substrate mix sterilise it before use? I was looking at some of the mixes used by members here & some mention potting compost. A few years ago a gardener was diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease which it is thought he contracted via potting compost, due to a cut on his hand. Potting compost contains all sorts of microorganisms, some of which are good for what gardeners want, but some are bad, even for gardens. As a school boy, one of my favourite skives was sterilising the soil in the school greenhouse. Looking online I found it was perfectly possible to sterilise the small quantities we need using a microwave oven, or by spreading some on a baking tray & heating it in a conventional oven. [/QUOTE]
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