Re: killing tiny critters
- Subject: Re: killing tiny critters
- From: N* S*
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:25:21 -0700
Great idea. Thanks!
>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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