How to Remove Grain Mites from Mealworm Trays
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2019
- Nobody wants to admit that they get grain mites, but it happens to every farmer at least once! Here is how I’ve been successfully tackling the pesky critters this past month.
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My prevention: when I buy a bag of "substrate" (20 kg) I re-bag it into 1 to 2 kg lots using a vacuum bagging machine - just the standard kitchen type. This prevents the mites from having access to oxygen, which can slowly kill them. I then store these bags in my cupboards, and freeze them individually for at least a fortnight before using the substrate in my farm. These small bags easily fit in my freezer. And thanks for the advice.
Thanks so much for this, it seems like 99% of advice is just throw everything out, but not everyone can afford the time and investment of trashing their entire setup and purchasing new stock that might just as easily come with their own mites, even if you manage to clean every mite out of your house to prevent re-infestation.
This is the ONLY VIDEO on UA-cam that explains how to get rid of them I have them in my cabinets thanks
it would not surprise me that in a million years when they study our mommies they'll be studying our videos that we take. I have no doubt that in a million years they will be watching this person's video and he will be mentioned and be remembered maybe not now maybe not even in a hundred years but he will be talked about
Soo I did exactly as you showed, and thought I’d try something extra in case I missed any. I got a bag of those little plastic Togo cups I think they are meant for condiments? I kept the veggies out of the main part of the bin, And I put one cup in each corner of the bin, with a carrot that I covered in vegetable oil. The next morning there were mites all over the carrots but they were dead.
This is still the ONLY video that shows how to banish these nasty mites. I also learned i need to freeze my mealworm bedding. So thank you twice :^)
Thank you for the info i have not had a mite problem yet but now im prepared. I have one of you sifting trays and a bridge and love them makes life so easy
Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!! I found some little white mites and had no idea what they were. I appreciate this video!!!!!!!!!
Awesome, thank you brotha.
So very happy to find your video. I wish I would had found it just a little sooner. Just had my first outbreak and it freaked me out. I threw everything away because the trash truck was coming through today. I'm still cleaning all around the area where the infestation was. With some research and your great info video I now know what I have and how to take care of this problem. If it happens again I will be well prepared. No need to throw all my bins, worms, bugs and everything else away in the trash. Thanks to you.👍
I followed your suggestions and it worked, thank you.
thank you so much, Ive been dealing with this issue lately and you're a lifesaver
My mites also sprouted out of the same rainbow bin rack you have. I had baby bins in there. They were all over the entire surface of the rack and were everywhere. I had to just combine all the small baby bins into one big bin and try to grow them out a little before feeding to my chickens. It was a big setback!
Thanks so much for making this video, I was about to throw in the towel and give up on raising my own mealworms.
this video is very informative , thanks for making
This is great to know. I just found a out break in 2 of my bins and didn't know what to do other then throw out everything 🥺 it's wonderful to know that I can save my little set up. Thank you so much 💓
Thank you so much for posting this very informative video. We have just recently discovered our first outbreak and are in the process of getting rid of them. After reading "Kiril Yankov" and knowing that I heat treated all of our bran and oats and I am 100% confident that this was not the source, I am now convinced that it was a lettuce leaf I place in the effected box, as we have never had an issuee untill a few days after I place the leaf in. Off to research both root aphids and grain mites :).
Thank you for posting this.
I just finished removing the little mites. Had to sift all my beetles and larvae out and then washed the bin, wiped the countertop and everything around that area because they were caked on. They duplicate really fast. Didn't know about the petroleum jelly though, so I will definitely try that out. BTW, yes, you need to be careful to not get the wipe chemicals on the substrate. in my earlier years of farming, I was careless and the chemicals will burn holes in your beetles. It's really sad and I learned real fast to be careful of any wipe drips.
You can also use an old plastic membership card or putty scraper to get the bulk of the Vaseline off then do the wipe.