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South Bloomfield, Ohio

Question: Since all biological soil life has been killed in this process (I assume), do you add any sort of beneficial biology back in the spring?

12/10/2024 3:42:38 PM

Lymington UK

Yes we will pile in all the good bacteria

12/10/2024 5:00:00 PM

Grittyville, WA

It looks warm enough in there to plant now. It must be hard to resist. The small market farmers say lettuce is profitable... You know if you grew a WR after growing lettuce then we'd all copy you... I know I would, ha.

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12/10/2024 5:57:51 PM

Anchorage Alaska

Wow, way cool!! , thats how you get it done , out of curiosity , how deep do they steam the soil and how long do they keep the temps up ? to get the soil sterilized

12/10/2024 11:20:24 PM

Lymington UK

Typically the sheets are filled with steam for about 6 hours. Sterilised depth varies according to your soil. Our soil would be sterilised to 8 or 9 inches at least.
Sterilising your soil also mends your soil. It joins the colloids back together in a process called flocculution.
It’s a very neat process.

12/11/2024 10:11:15 AM

Sharon, MA

Very nicr. What temp does the soil eventually reach in this process. Are the weed seeds all killed to.

12/11/2024 10:42:07 PM

Australia eastcoastcitrus@hotmail.com

Just curious with the cost of the sterilising process would it be worth considering a new batch of media

12/12/2024 3:55:10 AM

Lymington UK

So first of all
Steve. Yes all the weeds seeds are killed but I can’t remember what the temperature gets to.
Dale. Changing our soil to get what we want would be way more expensive

12/13/2024 2:12:11 PM

Australia eastcoastcitrus@hotmail.com

Ok maybe the raw materials over there are more expensive than here

12/14/2024 3:57:33 AM