In article ,
Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Stephen
Wolstenholme writes

Most microwaves will not sterilise dry soil. The soil will have to be
wet all the way through. A bit like cooking a mud pie.

That would be for heating it though Steve wouldn't it? Surely a
microwave would kill many germs/organisms?

Why and how? They typically kill only by heating. You need at
least blue light to be energetic enough to kill by disrupting the
inter-atomic bonds directly.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.