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Ekyldog
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Growing Outdoors - Are insect larvae an issue?
#14089462 - 03/08/11 10:00 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm considering starting outdoor beds this summer to grow both edibles and actives and am wondering how the insect larvae are dealt with, if at all.
I admit that I am a newbie when it comes to mushroom hunting. On the few occasions I have gone with a knowledgeable friend to hunt edibles, getting to the mushrooms early was critical to ensuring they weren't full of 'worms' (aka insect larvae).
Is this an issue with outdoor cultivated beds, with either actives or edibles? It seems to reason that if the bed is on the ground, the larvae will make their way into the mushrooms eventually ruining the fruits if they aren't picked early enough.
Or am I trippin'?
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Re: Growing Outdoors - Are insect larvae an issue? [Re: Ekyldog]
#14089495 - 03/08/11 10:09 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think that it depends on where you live, to some extent.
I know that snails and slugs will eat fruits, and gnats can be a real problem too.
I think that you just need to beat them to the harvest.
Does anyone use a snail trap or some such with their outdoor beds?
I have a vested interest, as I put two beds down this last month. Shaggy Mane and P. Azurescens.
I will be doing beds of a few other species as well.
good luck!
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EvilMushroom666
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Re: Growing Outdoors - Are insect larvae an issue? [Re: Ekyldog]
#14089920 - 03/08/11 11:10 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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http://www.amazon.ca/Mushrooms-Health-Medicinal-Secrets-Northeastern/dp/0892728086/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299650605&sr=8-3
I was reading a book earlier today linked above and it had a part about harvesting, drying and keeping reishi fruits in good quality. It said that after drying(bone dry) place the reishi into jars and then into the freezer for 24 hours. This will kill off any small eggs of the horned fungus beatle (Bolitotherus cornutus). If you do not take these precautions it goes on to say, the larvae will hatch in the spring or summer inside the containers and eat your entire stash of dried reishi.
I wonder if this would work with the larvae/eggs of other pest insects?
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Re: Growing Outdoors - Are insect larvae an issue? [Re: EvilMushroom666]
#14089959 - 03/08/11 11:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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i have fruits right now in a outdoor patch of a coir monotub cake, the snails/slugs are destroying the lot, even with a border of slug repellent they are still getting to it.
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Re: Growing Outdoors - Are insect larvae an issue? [Re: monkiman]
#14089973 - 03/08/11 11:19 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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snails and slugs really really do a lot of harm to my outdoor oysters.
for outdoor cakes, I use diatomaceous earth- it rips apart any larvae that dare to swim through
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