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Alaska Dispatch News on 2021-02-18 22:27

Don’t try to sterilize your soil in a microwave. In fact, don’t sterilize your soil at all.

Gardening: Rest assured - You want those microbes. And, by the way, don’t sterilize your seeds with hydrogen peroxide or anything else.

Jeff Lowenfels

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