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I usually I measure my peat and pour boiling water on it prior to adding anything else. I break up the peat when it is in the water to keep the dust down and then add whatever I need for the mix I am making. How do you do it?
When I had far more time on my hands than the present, I ran my peat-based composts through a pressure cooker at 15 pounds for thirty minutes. Nothing, not even the toughest nematode or fungal spore survived that treatment for long. I did that primarily for starting seed and occasionally for plants.
Now, as another post suggested, I don't bother; and I replace most of my compost annually . . .
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