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Brooklyn1 wrote:

Moe DeLoughan wrote:
mj wrote:

Why are they always there no matter what I buy and how do I get rid of
them?

It takes time and money to pasteurize potting mix

Don't you mean sterilize? Sterilized potting soil is readily
available and only a few pennies a pot more than unsterilized.
However still no guarantee a plant won't attract insects, so you'd
need to treat the plant... often misting with a mild soap solution
will delouse a potted plant.

pasteurization

verb [ trans. ] [often as adj. ] ( pasteurized)
subject (milk, wine, or other products) to a process of partial
sterilization, esp. one involving


heat treatment


or irradiation, thus making the product safe for consumption and
improving its keeping quality :

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The product isn't sterilized, but the microbes that affect the product's
use are killed, not necessarily all the microbes are killed.
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