pickle01 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Has anybody tried artificially aging or fermenting freshly fallen oak leaves for flower beetle/millipede substrate? I'm wondering if they could be shredded and treated essentially like oak sawdust used in flake soil to create usable material within a few weeks. It's hard to find places that have multiple years of leaves left in place to naturally age, so I'm just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshSud Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Yea I believe so, I've been told by a german beetle breeder that you can make a fermented leaf substrate with a similar recipe to FS in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle01 Posted December 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 4:58 PM, JoshSud said: Yea I believe so, I've been told by a german beetle breeder that you can make a fermented leaf substrate with a similar recipe to FS in a few weeks. Thanks! It's basically just a process of speeding up the same decomposition that turns it into usable material in the wild - moisture, heat, fungi. I'll try it some time and share the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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