Soil Sanitizing:
When recycling used soil from old planters or elsewhere, it's a good idea to sanitize your soil to remove possible pathogens. However, once your soil is "Sanitized" it will actually be dirt. You may need to add amendments, microbes, to bring your soil situation back to a living growing environment again.
What you will need:
A Large container for your MixtureA garden trowel/hand shovel to mix withSoil Baking dishesAn oven
How to:
Preheat oven to 200Place dirt in 5 gallon bucket.Mix with garden trowel/hand shovel. Take out any unwanted matter. Place dirt in baking dishes.Place baking dishes in oven for at least a half hour. Remove dirt and let cool before mixing with soil enhancers.
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Additional resources:
https://www.almanac.com/organic-soil-amendments-explained
Choose a large container to mix your sanitized dirt with amendments, bringing it back to healthy Soil again.
