Re: [CH] Found a source for NM chiles (frozen)
Beth in Texas (beth@bayoutraders.com)
Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:29:04 -0500
I used to get weevil/larvae in my pantry in flour goods, dried chile
powders, etc and read on the web to use leaves of the bay tree. Seeing
as I have a ready source of bay leaves from my tree in my yard I started
putting small branches of leaves in the pantry along the shelves and I
never have a problem with weevil things anymore. Since is the only
deterrant that I use now I suppose that it's really working.
Not sure if this would work on the Egyptian moth larvae but may be worth
a try.
Beth in Texas
jim wrote:
>Egyptian moths! The bane of ground chile storage everywhere. My experience
>has been that it takes more than a day of freezing to kill them. After I
>was hit with them one time, I found a cycle of freeze/thaw/freeze to be
>effective: two weeks in the freezer, one week out, two weeks in. Anymore,
>it's straight into the freezer for any ground chiles I receive in my house!
>Good luck ridding yourself of the infestation- you'll need to put LOTS of
>other stuff into the freezer as well to make sure you get at all of them.
>Pancake mixes, powdered milks, soup mixes, etc, etc, you name it. You'll
>also need to check the pantries themselves to hunt down all their little
>hiding places. Look for stuff that resembles grains of rice stuck to
>various surfaces- this is "round two" laying in wait for you. Look for
>little tiny holes bored through plastic bags for signs that something might
>be infected. The appearance of 'spider web' looking stuff in your powders
>is a sure sign.
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>-Jim C
>http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
>Mild to Wild(R)
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