I want to use cypress mulch. But I want to make sure it is free of all bugs.
Mike
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HOW DO YOU STERILIZE CYPRESS MULCH??
michaelburton
Jan 29, 2005 04:37 PM
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gmherps
Jan 29, 2005 04:40 PM
a no pest-strip on the outside of the cage.
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michaelburton
Jan 29, 2005 04:57 PM
Where can I get no pest strips and is that 100% effective?
Mike
gmherps
Jan 29, 2005 08:26 PM
Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot. About $6.00 a strip.
I have had nothing but 100% success with it.
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J32A2
Jan 29, 2005 08:27 PM
I bake my mulch at 250F for 3 hours or so in a disposable alumnium turkey pan.
combs reptiles
Jan 29, 2005 09:56 PM
When i used mulch for a bit, i also baked and froze it... i was super paranoid about critters...
anyway... I was hit by a drunk driver, and when we went to mediation to try and settle the case( of which i got crap, and could have cared less, just wanted to get done with dealing with attorneys)
...The other side, said we belive you are involved in shady activities and i should back off, and they had a video with some daming proof.... so they brought out this video of me, going to the hardware store, putting a bag of mulch in a shopping cart etc etc. But then, they had video of me outside my house, putting the mulch in aluminum foil and they said, that i was doing this to dry Marijhuana .... I laughed my butt off at them and told them what i was actually doing,... they looked like fools!! :-p
i dont like cypress, aspen or any of that... i have had no problems without it, but had notihng but problems with it...
hasta
Mike
Trueredtails
Jan 29, 2005 11:21 PM
Thats a funny story. I would try to sue them for trying to black mail you. Drying pot HA!
PS no offense to any of you hippies out there.
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Brian Oakley
Jan 29, 2005 10:59 PM
np
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Sarge2004
Jan 30, 2005 09:10 AM
With any substrate such as mulch or bark I spray it with a little bit of Provent A Mite in a plastic bag and seal it up for a few days. No insect problems. PAM will kill any insect and their eggs. Bill
michaelburton
Jan 30, 2005 02:44 PM
Thanks
koppenhofer
Jan 30, 2005 04:31 PM
Hey Michael After all my years dealing w/ reptiles- i have come to the conclusion that sterilizing Cypress mulch is totally un-needed!! Cypress mulch will not BREED!!! Also there are no known morphs!
Just a lil' imput- very little!!
Tim Koppenhofer
Special K Reptiles
