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Snarkie · 12-14-2020, 07:35 AM

Dzien dobre!

Welcome aboard the Banana Express.

I would think that sterilizing it would kill a lot of the helpful things in the compost. I mean, you may get some gnats or something, but they're easy enough to get rid of. I'd leave it alone.

12-14-2020, 07:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
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