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Posted by
pt03 2b Southern Manitob (
My Page) on
Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 17:28
| Anybody ever used one of these? We've had one sitting in a shed for years, can't remember where we got it from. Just looking for background information on the unit. Google finds a different manufacturer with a very similar product but not the company displayed on the side of our unit.
Lloyd |
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RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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| Used for batches of potting mix. Unlikely to be of any help in a garden. |
RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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| What you have there is nothing more than a heater. As jean said, you put a batch of potting soil in, heat it up, and all stuff is killed. At least you have it, and didn't just buy it. I can't believe anyone would pay that much for a basic electric heater. But, as we all know, there's a lot of bridges and bottles of blinker fluid for sale out there. Joe |
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| Something like this would actually have a very valid purpose for a grower who reused potting/germination/rooting medium over and over. |
RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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| Oh I'm not saying it isn't useful, I'm just saying that it's nothing more than an electric heater in a metal box, with a fancy "soil sterilizer" sticker on it. You can get something else that will do the same job for a small fraction of the cost. Joe |
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| I am guessing an outdoor gas barbeque would work pretty good for sterilizing soil. Put the soil in a metal pan , put it in the barbeque turn on the flame, and shut the cover. I hear soil emits a bad smell when heated, but this is outdoors so who cares. |
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| Just curious whether you are planning to go into the business of selling sterilized compost, Lloyd? Altho that kinda sounds like a contradiction. I've sterilized soil in the oven - once only, what a smell! |
RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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- Posted by pt03 2b Southern Manitob (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 27, 11 at 12:15
| Nope, going to get rid of the thing, it's been sitting in a shed for more than five years and have no clue where we got it from. I'm guessing we got it at the same time we got the plastic drum tumbler but that's a WAG. Figured I'd try to get some background information on who uses it for what. It works, we plugged it in and all the tubes got hot, guess I'll just post a local ad, see what I get and probably look real dumb if they ask me too many questions. ;-) Lloyd |
RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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| Read up on it, so you sound like you actually know about the thing. If they go for $1500 new, I am going to have to imagine you can get a fair amount of cash for the thing. Joe |
RE: Electric Soil Sterilizer
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| Here's how I've seen this used: it was placed on a concrete floor in a greenhouse...it was filled to the top with germination medium from the rooting beds...turned on...once cooled, it was carried back over to the permanent germination flat (by those handles) and the sterilized medium comes out the bottom. Voila. Call or contact the company that manufactures the newer model and ask for a brochure. |
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