whats going on my man?
so what I do with my soil after it's used is let it chill in my gigantic smartpot and depending on how long it'll be till I use it, I may or may not put a cover crop on it.
one of my favorites is simply grass, they tend to attract and need the same sort of bacterial interaction that cannabis does, not to mention it keeps the soil more "alive"
now in regards to pest control? I literally don't do a thing about that, considering my grows are in a very unsealed shed outside, in a redwood forest, so pest control isn't a possibility for me, so I'm afraid I can't offer much advice there.
i'd speculate that a garage would work alright, but past that it's gonna be hard to control any bugs, but that being said typically you don't get bugs from the soil itself, not unless the previous grow had bugs, but normally the "bugs" present in a soil will be the total opposite types of the ones that eat your plants, almost all of those are 'transient" type pests, mites from the wind, grasshopper/leafhopper, etc. all those actively go and LOOK for plants to infest, rather the soil critters are just chillin there
literally the sole reason that I am here my friend, I have a myriad of odd compulsive neurotic "needs" goin on, luckily one of them is to help people
now if only the other like 7 neurotic issues would be so benign..
I am happy to help in any way my man