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Post by Alisha on Jul 23, 2010 10:48:52 GMT
I heard that some mites could be prevented so that you would heat peat before putting it to terrarium.. Example in oven, but I personally think it's too risky so I would not do it.. But I would like to explore so that I put peat in sauna while it warms up in sauna you could easily heat up more peat at once.  But then again it gave me a though what if you moisture the first time peat with boiling water and wait till it cools down.. I think it could be quite same thing.. Why would it be too risky? |
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Post by crossless on Jul 23, 2010 13:09:50 GMT
Well if you have really high power oven even if there isn't much heat dry material can set on fire so.. And it's so messy that I would not myself do it at home.
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Post by Alisha on Jul 23, 2010 13:32:51 GMT
Yeah, you have to add water to it first.
I it in the microwave for 5 minutes, you just add a little bit of water first, then put it in, take it out, add some more water and bob's your uncle!
It can be somewhat messy, at least when I do it anyway. My mum makes me do it all outside ):
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Post by laurent on Jul 26, 2010 8:16:58 GMT
Hi,
I always add some water to coir before putting it into the oven. I never had any conbustion issue.
Laurent
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Post by stixandsnailsyork on Jul 26, 2010 10:39:15 GMT
I gave them a good clean out and the mites were gone, They were a fruitfly mite and not harmful to the snails.
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Post by Alisha on Jul 26, 2010 10:46:08 GMT
I've got some bad mites now.
Getting really p'd off with them coming in from nowhere and hassling my snails!
They'll regret it soon. I'm about to blast the little buggers 'till kingdom come!!!
GRRRRR I HATE MITES
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