Hello Esta,
... Nor has looking in the orchid archives. How does one prepare a stump for studio use without attracting bugs into the home. I am getting fresh logs and they all get buggy. What am I doing wrong.
Here are some previous Orchid discussions on the stump and stump
prepping subjects:
And in one of those I wrote this (lengthy) description of prepping a
stump:
FWIW, I’ve done this a few times and my guess is that if your stump
gets bugs quickly it may well have come with the bugs. So you’ll need
to do something to solve that problem first. That probably means
nasty, de-bugging chemicals. I’ve heard smoke works too. Or if you
coat the thing in log sealant as I mention in the aforementioned
lengthy description that may well do it too since it basically soaks
the thing in methyl alcohol and seals it in wax. I’ve always wondered
why I’ve NEVER had the bug problem and that may be why.
Cheers,
Trevor F.
in The City of Light
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