Steam Found as Chemical-Free Way to Sterilise Strawberry Soil
In short
- Researchers at University of California Santa Cruz have been developing boiling water vapour for soil sterilisation.
- The method is an alternative to chemical fumigants used on strawberry fields in California.
- The source reports the approach could support larger and more reliable strawberry yields.
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Chemical fumigants are widely used to kill pests and pathogens in soil before planting. A steam-based alternative could give organic growers a way to sterilise fields without them. The source describes the work as research in development, so the method's reliability at farm scale is not yet shown.
From Good News Network
A mere puff of steam could be the ticket to much larger and reliable strawberry yields in California, the LA Times reported. University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) researchers have been developing boiling water vapor as an alternative to chemical fumigants for the sterilization of the soil strawberries are grown in, which are believed to […] The post Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming appeared first on Good News Network .
