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Microwaving soil

>>
>> Let me throw in another twist....supposing you supported sterilizing your
>> soilless mix for re-use, can this be done in a microwave, at say, high
>temp's
>> for about 10 minutes?
>>

Be extremely careful if you plan on microwaving soil.  You must make sure
that it is not too dry.  Microwaving works by energizing water molecules.
If there is not enough water present, you will end up seriously damaging
your microwave unit.  If you check the instruction book, they will caution
you never to run the unit when empty.  What they mean here is not to run it
without some water-containing substance (usually food ) in it.

Don Martinson
dmartin@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu

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