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I looked ove some of th faqs..not bad. I plan to use the boiling water on the compost to get rid of any weeds seeds. Thats a great idea. I do have one question though about what to do with all that water. Do you just let it evaporate?

I use sterile seed starting mix, so I haven't any personal experience, but I would imagine so, yes. I can't think what the alternative would be. I've read something about heating soil in a microwave or some such, but can't remember the details. Seems like a lot of work when I can get a bag of seed starting mix for a couple of bucks.

I heat all my soil before starting seeds indoors. I use seed and cutting mix. It not only gets rid of any fungal spores that are in the soil but fungus gbnats too.

I do it in the fall with regular pro mix when I bring my plants inside. I never have those annoying black pests.

It's simple to do. I use a tin foil roaster, and fill it with soil. Then I cover it with tin foil to keep down the odor of cooking dirt. I set my oven at 200 and leave it for half an hour. Then remove it and moisten with cold water and you are ready to plant.