I was wondering if there would be a benefit to adding leaves when making flake soil.
Has anyone done that? Maybe crumple up the leaves or even put them through the wife's food processor haha then in to the next batch of flake soil.
Set up my 90 gallon aquarium again for roaches. I'm debating moving the Blaberus sp. Honduras in here or I may put the bark roaches in there when I get them. I'd really like to put the Psuedoglomerus magnifica in there but those guys climb too well and I'd be stressed over them escaping.
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I read that burlap is made of jute plants. Anyway, I was considering using it to make something for my Blaberus sp. Honduras to climb on so they can molt better and possibly get moisture from when I spray. Also I want to get some bark roaches this year and thought it might work for them as well...
Tonight I fed my scorpions. What I do is cut off the heads of the roach and put it in with the scorpions.
A couple minutes after losing its head one of the roaches gave birth.
I wonder if it was stress induced? It wasn't being eaten yet. The roach in question was a Rhyparobia cf. capelloi...
I'm asking for any and all ideas on how to keep a couple colonies if, say, one chose to live full time in a van.
Specifically how to keep correct temps with good ventilation:)
I often day dream of leaving behind conventional housing. Thoughts?
Last night I had a dream that I was holding a roach with the size of the rhino but colored like the metallic green magnifica.
I just remember smiling in the dream.
Anybody else had roach dreams?
I caught it yesterday trying to flip back over and helped it out. Scary! I'm thankful (Happy Thanksgiving!) it is still running around today.
The substrate is only a cm or two deep. I see them getting in top of each other at times. I'm considering separating them.
Thoughts?
Does anybody currently use agar? Last posts I see about it on the forum was from 2016/17.
My new job takes me away from home during the week and I'm looking for a little something extra for the colonies.
Any thoughts about agar vs beef gelatin. The beef is cheaper :)
Just having fun. I'm planning on buying some sheet moss or something similar to melt into the plastic. I tried forest moss but the pieces are so small.
Anybody here grow dragon fruit? Mine finally flowered last year but didn't set.
I'm wondering if I should give hand pollination a try this year. There are three flowers forming already.
And how about getting raspberries to produce? The bush grows well with lots of flowers but they've all...