No. If you've completely cooked the soil in order to sterilise it, all the bio diverse life forms (bacteria, protozoa, actinomycetes to name one or two, plus not quite so microscopic fauna) will be completely dead. The fertlisers you mention are just that, fertilisers, and do not contain the complex mix of organisms found in soil. However, under certain circumstances (usually for potted plants) some plants might require an entirely sterile medium, but most potting composts, whilst being to some degree sterile (assuming its been prepared using a hot aerobic method) are not completely and utterly inert.

You could in theory 'inoculate' the sterilised soil with soil from the garden, but I don't see what the point of sterilising it is in the first place if you then add ordinary soil to it.

no fertilizer will contain the beneficial microbes that are destroyed by sterilising the soil.

as Bamboo says inoculating it will then 'contaminate' it again.

Just out of curiosity why did you sterilise the soil in the first place? What were/are planning to use it for?

There are a few organic fertilizers that are advertised to contain beneficial soil organisms, but they cannot possibly carry a complete suite. Adding a good quality commercial compost--not for potting--will help more, and turning that into a long brew (48 hours) tea will help even more. Also helpful is vermicompost, or earthworm castings.

Thanks for the advice everyone!! :)
I appreciate it

Moon_Grower, I was recently researching how to help plants grow healthier and I came across one article that stated "steralized soil helps plants grow healthier, it is good for the enviroment etc".....so I guess I just wanted to try it! Lol :)

Got a link to that article please cleandude? I'd like to check it out...

When I started gardening almost 50 years ago, there were many articles along those lines. Plants didn't get diseases...until the spore landed! :( They also didn't do particularly well, and showed little resistance to disease when the spore did land. We have since learned quite a bit about plants' dependence on such organisms as mycorrhizae, Pseudomonas bacteria, Streptomyces bacteria, nematode eating fungi, beneficial nematodes, nitrogen fixing bacteria, and probably a host of other microorganisms that we know nothing about, at present. I suspect that the smarter course is to maintain as complete a soil ecology as we can, and do what we can to discourage the disease organisms.

Agree wholeheartedly Tug! In other words, cleandude, if its open ground, as much composted manure and other humus rich materials as possible, as often as possible...

Thanks Tugbethil :)

/http://tipnut.com/sterilize-soil

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1572190/is-sterilized-soil-necessary

Bamboo. Here r some links from some of the websites :)

Also, if you type into google "why is sterilising soil good for plants"
Lots of articles and websites and forums come up. Hope this was helpful :)

Thanks. The Tipnut link has a comment right at the end from someone called Tim Auld, who mentions the best way to produce useable potting medium is by composting , though he doesn't make it clear he means hot, aerobic composting rather than cold anaerobic, and I'd agree with that. It seems that link is telling you how to sterilise garden soil specifically for mixing with other materials for use as potting compost for seeds, cuttings and "summer bedding" rather than general use though.

Totally agree Tugb!

Thanks guys! I guess I shall do further research into this. Yet I have a hunch that I wont be needing to steralise my soil anytime soon! :)