I've tried this, the smell of nuked moss was awful! Some bugs were not easily killed this way unless it was cooked a good while.
Neil
You might try a short stint in a microwave oven. Kills bugs dead.
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Thanks for all of the moss suggestions, I may give some a try. I sometimes use live pillow moss as is, what I'm mostly looking for is ways to clean parasites and foreign insects out moss that is used as disposable (compostable) substrate for arboreal gex. I remove the moss as it gets soiled, it's great for catching feces and speeds up cleaning.
Neil
Hi al,
I just submerge it in a tub outside for about 24 hours. I know that won't get everything, but I mainly wanted to get rid of spiders -- I have enough already!
Melody
David Lawrence wrote:
Hi,
Do you want the moss to remain living??? If not bringing the moss to
a slow boil in a pot of water and letting it simmer will do the
trick nicely.
David Lawrence
At 08:49 AM 1/20/2004, you wrote:
> > Does anyone have a method of debugging fresh-collected sphagnum
> > moss? It's very hard to buy good quality sphagnum here, but it is
> > very common locally.
>
>Dunno, except to rinse it well, but do be careful: a bite my red eft
>received finally just healed, after a month. I brought home some wild moss
>that was pretty damp, and there was one of those red velvet mites in it.
>
>Must have really hurt - she was thrashing around, trying to get
it off - and
>I had a heck of a time getting it off her :(
>
>Barbie >^,,^<
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