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The guidance covers preparing and leveling the area, removing stones and debris, watering thoroughly, covering beds with a clear plastic sheet sized to exceed the bed width, and burying the plastic edges to seal the soil. It recommends leaving the plastic in place for five sunny days, extending during cloudy weather, then removing it carefully and planting immediately for improved germination and growth by reducing disease-causing micro-organisms and weed seeds.","Sterilising Seed Beds  \nlevel: intermediate  \nEnglish Agriculture  \nSterilising Seed Beds  \nEnglish Oxfordshire , England  \nCopyright © 2019, MissionAssist  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. 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Please delete these notes before printing  \nSterilising Seed Beds  \nUsing the heat of the sun to sterilise seed beds is a cheap and simple method of sterilising soil.  \nSterile soil is best when planting a seed bed, as there is less chance of disease.  \nMethod  \nFirst prepare carefully the area to be used as a seed or nursery bed. Remove stones and rubbish, dig and level the soil.  \nWater it very well.  \nCover it using a clear plastic sheet. The bed must be narrower than the plastic sheet. If the plastic sheet is 120 cm. wide, for example, prepare a bed that is 90 cm. wide.  \nBury the edges of the plastic in a small trench and cover them with earth to hold the plastic in place.  \nLeave the plastic covering the soil for five sunny days. If there are cloudy days, leave it covering the soil for longer.  \nThe heat of the sun through the plastic will warm the soil to very high temperatures (40°-50°), killing most micro-organisms and weed seeds. 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