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Cleaning for Damping off prevention

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Many sources recommend that you can keep soil at 140 degrees for 30 minutes in order to kill damping off in soil. If im already throwing a batch of soil in the oven, can i also just throw some plastic pots and seed trays and flats inside the oven as well for 30 minutes at 140 as well to sterilize? I know i can use bleach and hydrogen peroxide too but if we have a huge oven already running for the soil, im thinking i might as well just put the tools inside tooI also have a massive plastic tote that i keep my soil in. ive read about how tools need to be cleaned by being soaked in a 1 part bleach to 9 water solution for 30 minutes. Because the tote is so large, i cant see myself soaking it unless i did it in a huge tub that we dont have. Would i be able to just spray it down with the same solution and leave it to dry. Im thinking that this might not be enough. What other options do i have?
Edit: This source says 180 degrees for 30 minutes
https://extension.psu.edu/how-to-pasteurize-medium-and-sterilize-containers-and-tools
Is it 140 or 180 for 30 minutes?

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