Mediterranean countries are the suppliers of bark substrates which is much sought-after. This nutritious plant material which is the preferred choice for cultivation of beet, balcony and indoor plants often already gets infested with parasites at the tree and hence becomes useless.
![Steam boiler S 2000 made by MSD AG with an output of 2000kg steam/h](http://soil-steaming-steam-boiler-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/s2000.jpg)
Recently a well known supplier started to use the power of steam, in order to fully free bark from pest, with considerable suscess.
![Operating steaming container on a tipping trailer with a volume of 25m³, connected to a vacuum system.](http://soil-steaming-steam-boiler-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/daempfbox.jpg)
In special steaming containers 25m³ of bark granulate is steamed via a vacuum system for about half an hour und hence gets completely sterilized. For steam generation a steamboiler is used with an output of 2.000 kg steam /h. The steaming container gets filled and unloaded with a tipper within just a couple of minutes.
![Steamed bark substrate](http://soil-steaming-steam-boiler-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/substrat_kl.jpg)
In the future the system shall be continuously filled with a special conveyor band, in order to work quicker and more efficiently.
More information on request. Please write an email to info@msd-ag.de