[jambutty]

From the article at http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/Microwave_Cooking_Hazards.htm so thoughtfully pointed to by [email protected]

Here's a fun experiment you can do at home: Plant seeds in two pots. Water one pot with water nuked in a microwave; the other with “normal” filtered tap water. Surprise! The seeds soaking up microwaved water won't sprout.

Always up for a challenge I boiled some water in the microwave and when it had cooled I used it to water one small biodegradable pot that had some poppy seeds in it. The other pot, also with poppy seeds in it, was watered with tap water.

Most of the seeds in both pots have germinated just fine and have been put out into my ‘garden’. So bang goes another theory.