DragonPete":3m6ffb7p said:I know wild hornworms are a no no. Shame, they loved my tomatoes last year! ?
I just don't have a worry about the dandelions and mint and yes, we are pretty rural here, been here 3 yrs. The only thing I actually use but in limited area would be fire ant poison. I'd never pick anything near that. But I will get a couple mounds each year and they are horrible. They have to be taken care of. I guess you don't have those in the NE? Be glad. It's awful in the south.?
-Dee
I have no clue. But I'll pass on the chance of a worm giving Petey something bad. As long as I got greens and veggies, he could get by for a bit without worms I'm sure. He's adult. Lol ? He won't go hungry. I'll go hungry before I allow any of my babies to do without, they are my responsibility and I took that on freely. ? may not be ideal but ok temporarily and this will end at some point.?kingofnobbys":397l6j3k said:DragonPete":397l6j3k said:I know wild hornworms are a no no. Shame, they loved my tomatoes last year! ?
I just don't have a worry about the dandelions and mint and yes, we are pretty rural here, been here 3 yrs. The only thing I actually use but in limited area would be fire ant poison. I'd never pick anything near that. But I will get a couple mounds each year and they are horrible. They have to be taken care of. I guess you don't have those in the NE? Be glad. It's awful in the south.?
-Dee
Surely if you give them a day or two with no food to purge , the swap them over the special hornworm chow mix and feed them that for a few days they'll loose the accumulated toxins in them . Just speculation hut might work.
Surely there's a test kit for the toxin that you do on the worms for the toxin in the tomato or tobacco leafs , if it shows no toxin , it'll be fine.
That's great!? Petey's order of 1000 Supers should be here tomorrow.kingofnobbys":1pmb31vd said:200g of medium to large very active BSFL and a medium batch of small crickets ( 20 - 25 day old ) about 900 arrived today .
I've only just started using the latest batch of medium crickets .
So I should be fine for live insects now for months.
DragonPete":gblikjr8 said:That's great!? Petey's order of 1000 Supers should be here tomorrow.kingofnobbys":gblikjr8 said:200g of medium to large very active BSFL and a medium batch of small crickets ( 20 - 25 day old ) about 900 arrived today .
I've only just started using the latest batch of medium crickets .
So I should be fine for live insects now for months.
-Dee
Glad to hear you're set for bugs then! Kudos! ?kingofnobbys":1e7crug2 said:DragonPete":1e7crug2 said:That's great!? Petey's order of 1000 Supers should be here tomorrow.kingofnobbys":1e7crug2 said:200g of medium to large very active BSFL and a medium batch of small crickets ( 20 - 25 day old ) about 900 arrived today .
I've only just started using the latest batch of medium crickets .
So I should be fine for live insects now for months.
-Dee
Borders are being closed , and with self distancing , I could find my bug supply in QLD might end up unable ship across the NSW/QLD board.
Same with bug supplier in Victoria as the NSW/Vic border will be closed too.
That leaves the bug supplier based in Sydney (and Sydney's out covid-19 hotspot).
DragonPete":2qvry7td said:Glad to hear you're set for bugs then! Kudos! ?kingofnobbys":2qvry7td said:DragonPete":2qvry7td said:That's great!? Petey's order of 1000 Supers should be here tomorrow.kingofnobbys":2qvry7td said:200g of medium to large very active BSFL and a medium batch of small crickets ( 20 - 25 day old ) about 900 arrived today .
I've only just started using the latest batch of medium crickets .
So I should be fine for live insects now for months.
-Dee
Borders are being closed , and with self distancing , I could find my bug supply in QLD might end up unable ship across the NSW/QLD board.
Same with bug supplier in Victoria as the NSW/Vic border will be closed too.
That leaves the bug supplier based in Sydney (and Sydney's out covid-19 hotspot).
-Dee
If you have other reptile owners near you, barter is a great idea.?kingofnobbys":3i3n16yc said:DragonPete":3i3n16yc said:Glad to hear you're set for bugs then! Kudos! ?kingofnobbys":3i3n16yc said:DragonPete":3i3n16yc said:That's great!? Petey's order of 1000 Supers should be here tomorrow.kingofnobbys":3i3n16yc said:200g of medium to large very active BSFL and a medium batch of small crickets ( 20 - 25 day old ) about 900 arrived today .
I've only just started using the latest batch of medium crickets .
So I should be fine for live insects now for months.
-Dee
Borders are being closed , and with self distancing , I could find my bug supply in QLD might end up unable ship across the NSW/QLD board.
Same with bug supplier in Victoria as the NSW/Vic border will be closed too.
That leaves the bug supplier based in Sydney (and Sydney's out covid-19 hotspot).
-Dee
Worst case : I harvest catepillas off my edible greens, and supplement with Rapishi stuff I have in backup and start trading silkworms and siikworm eggs for crickets breed by other local lizard keepers.
Now is not the time to start selling off my silkworm eggs , I may really need them in 6 months and then I'll buggered.
I might start selling surplus small ( 1" ) silkworms in a few months though or maybe trading them for crickets bred by others.
Is your mulberry the kind that produces fruit too? Do you plan to eventually transplant it in the ground?kingofnobbys":2liiqo0p said:I am now the proud owner of a black mulberry tree seedling.
On the front patio standing in a tub to get a good drink and get some sun and to start hardening up .
Advise is to let it harden up for 1 to 3 weeks before transplanting into a bed or a 40cm or bigger pot.
Have a stack of 40cm Décor Plastic selfwatering pots under the house , and ordered in four 30L bags of premium fruit potting mix to be delivered. If a fecall correctly , about one bag per pot of potting mix.
The mulberry tree wont be big enough to feed a big silkworms on a continuous basis , but will become my source of fresh leaves to start off the baby silkworms as they hatch and for the first few weeks in each batch ( from probably about September ).
Also some berry plant seeds ordered.
and some mixed nasturtium seeds too
kingofnobbys":23zq56zz said:Yes . It will produce black mulberries.
The blackberry plants will have to be grown in a 40cm diam pot, here blackberry are weeds .
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