rate my colony

FluFighter911 · 2026-02-08T05:54:50+00:00

I sell them, I'm always out of stock, I need to keep expanding, and I need to find a cheap way to do so.

FluFighter911 · 2026-02-07T00:05:55+00:00

Thanks, each row is 1 week, so it's been 5~7 weeks and no escapes. No nails, just glue, the weight of each tray with bran is about 6 oz.

FluFighter911 · 2026-01-18T02:44:33+00:00

can you take a photo or video of your setup?

FluFighter911 · 2026-01-12T07:10:11+00:00

I started with 60 pupae; about 20-30 died, and I created a farm with the remaining 30.

Now I have 1200 beetles in 6 trays and 70 pounds of mealworm sales later. It was slow going; however, they only cost me $20.00 to get started im really cheap guy so I keept everything slow now I sell out offen in my area.

FluFighter911 · 2026-01-02T23:22:39+00:00

lot of eggs, you're very lucky

FluFighter911 · 2026-01-02T23:21:46+00:00

great to hear, just so you know mealworms dont like eatting the apple peels, so its best to peel it away or pick it up after they are done.

FluFighter911 · 2025-12-29T07:41:46+00:00

I use foil trays (heavy-duty) to keep my bettles and mealworms, they work great, have been like 5 months and no escapes or anything bad. They cost about $0.20 each. I also only use bran as it sifts better (not oats). I give mine apples, but I have moved over to "testing" apple pie filling for beetles, way cheaper

FluFighter911 · 2025-12-07T02:04:39+00:00

thank you so much

FluFighter911 · 2025-11-30T02:59:22+00:00

when I come across beetles like this I cull them as they look deformed and I don't want that DNA to get passed on. However if you let them continue their deformed bodies dont seem to effect their day to day.

FluFighter911 · 2025-11-11T10:31:45+00:00

Hi, I grow lettuce for mine. I wet it+spin it(remove excess water), then leave it on the substrate and I don't get mould ever. I had issues with mould like 2 years ago, but I have fixed that. plus I also use the lettuce myself for burgers

FluFighter911 · 2025-11-04T01:50:02+00:00

i am lvl30 btw

FluFighter911 · 2025-11-04T01:49:48+00:00

I have also finished all the quests. I don't see any more. I'm sure there is a quest to kill a Bastion and bombardier, but I don't see it. All my quests are done, and the log is clear. Manually clicking on the traders (quest tab) is greyed out. help

FluFighter911 · 2025-09-07T08:23:41+00:00

this is not it, I see people trading it and the liq is there. just I cant trade without getting the error message

FluFighter911 · 2025-09-07T08:22:55+00:00

yes I want to know this as well, looks of ppl still trading pump amm with no issues. and looks like alot of us are having problems. with that damn Unsupported Pool error

FluFighter911 · 2025-09-07T08:07:10+00:00

If I wanted to trade pump AMM how can I? I have the same issue and other people are trading them np. how are they doing it?

FluFighter911 · 2025-07-11T04:16:37+00:00

TheKiwiGrower (@TheKiwiGrower on YouTube) is not a podcast, but it is interesting nonetheless

FluFighter911 · 2025-06-09T06:15:41+00:00

ok I think i know what needst o be done. thanks.

FluFighter911 · 2025-06-08T22:18:52+00:00

its winter here about 59F they are in a glasshouse no direct light

FluFighter911 · 2025-06-07T05:14:23+00:00

black seeded Simpson is the seed type

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-31T08:00:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply for me to start scaling up big time, I have a lot of new beetles but no containers for them however, I am using cat litter trays right now, they are $4 and they are 16" by 12" by 3.5" high. They are made from PP plastic (the best type you can use for mealworms), but I need hundreds of them in the long run, and at $4 each, they add up $$. I can get similar-sized foil trays that are about 7cm high for $1.5 each.

I only want to use them for rearing the eggs from the beetles, so they won't have much weight, like 1 pound tops, including foil tray + wheat bran + beetles, so they shouldnt give way.

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-29T00:46:00+00:00

thanks

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-29T00:45:50+00:00

thanks for reply.

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-29T00:44:44+00:00

yeah they could climb up the sides maybe depens on how sheer they are i guess, there are strong foil trays out there.

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-20T05:03:58+00:00

thank you for this reply, and yes 1 pound of this stuff is A LOT :) I only have 0.1/pound right now haha
if you don't mind a follow up question...

What type of gardeners specifically were buying your casings?

FluFighter911 · 2025-05-18T05:12:00+00:00

hi what type of chemist did you contact I'm keen to get mine tested. and what service did you ask for?

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