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Old 09-11-2012, 06:14 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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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.


Oh right! Sorry didn't know that

I know someone who had to steam clean half an acre of veg. nursery soil
back in the 70's when he had tomato blight etc (he now has a nursery on
the site) No idea how he would have done it but I am assuming industrial
sized hoses etc.
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