Sterilizing potting soil gets rid of hidden fungi, insects, and other bacteria that could be harmful for your houseplants. If ...

But before I fork over big bucks for an extensive soil test, I decided to use the sunniest days through the rest of the summer to sterilize the soil. Anybody who has a bad patch that doesn’t ...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered what’s been called a “global garden boom,” there has been a renewed interest in various methods and strategies for improving growing ...

Among them is soil sterilization as a factor in food production. How to produce the greatest amount of good food has become an urgent problem for Great Britain, and there is little reason for ...

THE steam sterilization of soils is well known; for example, as carried out under glass for tomato growing—a practice which is now accepted as routine. As well as achieving a drastic diminution ...

Do you think black plastic covering the soil would help sterilize the area? A: Black plastic won't, but clear plastic might. Plastic sheets 2 or 3 mils thick are ideal for use in a technique known ...

Answer: The summer months are an excellent time to use the power of the sun to sterilize the soil. Often, the challenge is that most gardeners have their gardens at peak production during this time.

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to sterilize soil, how to get rid of mold or fungus in soil and what it means for your plants.

Soil solarization is a simple and inexpensive way to use the sun to prepare a garden for planting. Solarization involves watering a patch of soil, covering it with clear plastic, then allowing ...

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation streaming from the sun "activates" chlorine compounds in the Red Planet's soil, turning them into potent microbe-killers, a new study suggests. These compounds ...