Re: killing tiny critters
- Subject: Re: killing tiny critters
- From: C*
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:12:45 -0600
No, not in the nuker. Freeze them instead. The poppy seeds won't mind
and it will kill the bugs. You can keep them there permenantly or move
them out after a few days (iIkeep both poppies and columbines in the
freezer all the time).
Caron
Nan Sterman wrote:
> I am in the midst of collecting and cleaning poppy seeds and I can see
> tons of tiny little critters crawling among the black seeds. They look
> like little thrips or something like that (I can't really see them but
> they are kind of light brown). Anyway, I was thinking of putting the
> seeds in teh microwave for 10 or 20 seconds to kill the critters but
> not harm the seeds. What do you think -- will that work? Is it too
> long or too short a time? have you ever done that?
>
> Nan
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