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  • September 29, 2017 at 10:34 pm #2278
    Jose Pablo Mendez Soto
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    Hello, are insects a problem? For example when the culture bags are moved to the fruiting stage, these will be inside plastic containers like the ones shown in the videos. There will be holes through which ants, flies and roaches may crawl through. Is this a concern? Are culture bags that attractive to insects? or even other critters for that matter.

    October 2, 2017 at 11:26 am #2284
    Adam
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    Mushroom flies in particular can be a pest, but usually only occur if you have lots of grow bags in one space. Slugs also like to eat mushrooms but if you place them up away from the floor this will prevent them getting in. Most other insects are not really bothered by mushrooms.

    You can place some fly screen material over the holes if you want to exclude all insects, or install a couple of stickly fly strips in the box to catch and kill and flies that come near.

    It’s not usually a problem with just a few bags, but if you have more bags over time it could be a good idea to use fly strips or fly screen.

    best wishes, Adam

    October 2, 2017 at 1:31 pm #2285
    Jose Pablo Mendez Soto
    Participant

    Thanks Adam

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