Sterilizing pellets: what happens if...
What happens if you just stick a pp SH pot (the "light duty" kind deli container) full of pellets in a pressure cooker and cook it on the "beans" (longest) setting? That was today's experiment.
I had a shriveled front bulb from a 4N Laelia anceps seedling full of probably Fusarium wilt by the look and affect it had on the growth (thanks for selling me that, Mr. Horrible). It wanted to stay alive by putting up a new growth so instead of the trash it went into SH. It grew OK for about six weeks before the infection woke up and moved into the new growth. So I had a newish SH pot with clean pellets this morning that needed to be sterilized.
The end result was a usable pot with a bit of a pebbly texture and a plant tag that was curled and very "pebbled". So, in conclusion, don't pressure cook your plant tags.
BTW, I put a dishrag in the bottom of my pressure cooker whenever I put in stuff like that so the pot doesn't get scratched.
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