Karl Warkomski stops by the Living Web Farms booth at the 22nd annual Organic Growers School in Asheville, NC and answers questions from our YouTube viewers of the Black Soldier Fly Production Workshop he led at the Grandview Living Web Farm.
VIDEO: Black Soldier Fly Production Q & A
Karl Warkomski stops by the Living Web Farms booth at the 22nd annual Organic Growers School in Asheville, NC and answers questions from our YouTube viewers of the Black Soldier Fly Production Workshop he led at the Grandview Living Web Farm.
How can i get BSFL to initiate the colony? I just create the bin and fill with waste foods and the BSF will come by itself? I'm in Malaysia, tropic country.
Fantastic series / playlist on the black soldier fly. I don't think you left any questions unanswered. Well done.
Thanks for sharing.
And, thanks to @Cassie Langstraat over at Permies.com for sharing this series there. That's how I found this. 🙂
hi,
I am Deeban from India. I have some BSFL that are went to black but they are not turned in to fly. The temperature here is 35 C. When it will turn in to flies?
We don't have enough food scraps from our household to feed our BSFL. We have 30 chickens and we never have enough grubs for them. Is there a certain grain that I can easily purchase to easily feed them more bulk? Like corn, barley, oats??? Dog food?? Or maybe a combination of these things??? I was thinking I could mix a combination of grains in a bucket with some water and let the dryer grains soak for a day or two before I dump them in the bin??? I was just wondering what you thought would be the best combination and type of grains for higher production? Your videos are awesome thank you so much.
thanks for the attention to the information of the video on black soldier fly could put subtitles and portuguese Brazil in the video thanks
I don't want the fly or larve but the manure need to used for garden.if I use as it is whether it will affect the plant anyway
Hi I have not heard much said about contamination of the grubs from say pesticides herbicides and fungicides from The Source material used as their diet will using non organic food sources be a major contamination issue for the grubs? I don't think anyone really wants to feed contaminated grubs to their chickens or fish? Is there a breakdown of these contaminants to any significant degree from the grubs digesting in the materials? Great vids. Thx
Amigo a prepulpa nasce e ela se alimenta do que pode mim ajudar
Okay just watched the series 1-9 and thought it was very informative. The filler info was great. If we wanted to use these larvae for feed for chickens what is a good bulk product that is cheap to use without loss of protein and fat?
0:50 highest temp for BSF/BSFL? genetics. 105*-110* is too hot. They will look for cooler temp. at 115*F they die. add 2-3 ice packs.
2:40 lifecycle. BSF/L can't go below 60*f, what about in texas at 100*? 100*f is fine. Native BSF tolerate the local climate better than non-local. Has to be in FULL SHADE in texas.
4:21 Best to not buy online from other states. Best to buy from same state or catch locally is best.
5:00 Southern California? If too dry, they will not crawl off. They need humidity/moisture to give them the security to crawl off. Try burlap on top if humidity is an issue.
Summary of video: Temps between 60*f and 104*f are the most extreme safe zones. 100*F is fine. 105*F is too hot. 115*f will kill them.
Local BSF will tolerate local weather better than buying online from a different climate.
Too dry, they won't crawl off during pre-pupae. Burlap on top can help hold humidity.
hi, my name is August, and have a question, i am toying with the idea of starting with bsf in africa, to feed tilapia, if i used a combination of bsf/duckweed to feed the fish would it work? is it enough to give a balanced diet
Will the BSF consume Salvinia minima?