Re: whats the best peat to use

[Wright Huntley <huntley1 at home_com>]

Doug Karpa-Wilson wrote:
> 
>  Storage of eggs in peat
> >generally is done in plastic bags and the initial compressed ball is opened
> >up and partially dried (NOT TOO MUCH) before storage.
> >
> >Lee Harper
> 
> Is there any concern with oxygen exchange (i.e. do you need breatheable
> bags) or will any baggie do?

Any poly fish bag under 2 mils is quite breathable (despite Kordon hype).
Don't use 7 mil freezer bags, as the "freezer burn" they prevent is from
oxygen diffusion. I've also killed eggs by sealing them in plastic Petrie
dishes with vinyl electrical tape. Works OK for 2-week-gestation Fp. and
Aphyos, but not for real annuals.

Decaying food, dead snails and live Java moss strands can eat up oxygen in
the dark, so eliminate those as much as possible, too.

Wright

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