To: greeneyes
Greetings from Florida and the end of week #1 of the hay bale gardening experiment.
The bales have been watered daily. They're nice and hot on the inside, doing what they're supposed to do.
I went out this morning and pulled open the top of a bale, ready to plunge my hand in, only to be greeted by squirming maggots! YUK!
None of the straw or hay bale gardening sites mention maggots, so I've sprinkled each bale with food grade DE. It kills fleas, maybe it will destroy maggots too.
To: Alice in Wonderland
Is it bermuda? There is a problem with that in Florida, I've heard. Google 'maggots in hay', and you get an article from the U of F Extension folks.
/johnny
To: Alice in Wonderland
Eww, maggots! My wife would have freaked—and I don’t I would have an entirely calm reaction either!
30 posted on
02/15/2013 1:49:04 PM PST by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: Alice in Wonderland
Maggots? Yuck! Now there’s a bad wrinkle. Thanks for the pics and update.
54 posted on
02/15/2013 2:26:25 PM PST by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: Alice in Wonderland
I’ll have to remember that if I ever get chickens. They’d love maggots.
103 posted on
02/15/2013 6:58:40 PM PST by
Ellendra
(http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
To: Alice in Wonderland
....squirming maggots!I used a straw bale a few years ago, and it grew nothing but mushrooms, and grass. I thought that was gross.
Your bale was hay, not straw?
114 posted on
02/16/2013 2:07:58 PM PST by
fanfan
("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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