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Last Night's Topic About Bugs

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Last Night's Topic About Bugs

Stuart Johnson

>I tried (without a lot of success) to do a Google search and did come up with one idea. One of the sites showed many types of bugs and in virtually all of the control methods low oxygen atmoshere was one solution. One site mentioned trying to use dry ice to get something cold enough to actually freeze the eggs.

This got me to thinking. I wonder if a large piece of dry ice in a sealed cooler wouldn't take care of the bugs, larva and eggs. Place the dry ice and wood in the cooler. Seal the cooler with tape and leave it for a couple days.

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Sorry I missed it. A few months ago, someone here sealed a log in plastic and used a vac pump to suck out all of the oxygen. I don't remember who that was, but did anyone mention it, and possibly the results?

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Dick Hines

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Dick Hines

>Talked to my brother today and as far as he knows seven,sp. is not baned in any state. He is a farmer and also works for Virginia Tech testing chenicals for crops. Spraying wood before shiping also came up. He says that if it is spraied it must be a lable on the packageing tell what it is spraied with.

If you want more information go to www.cdms.com. They have all kinds of environmental and safety information.

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That was me.

Al Crandall

>I left the vacuum on for about 12 hours. I mentioned last night that I haven't opened the package yet, for whatever reason. I have some 26" plus diameter log sections in my turning pile which I think might have to be treated with an approach other than vacuum. Possibly a stint inside a sealed drum liner bag with a chunk of dry ice to change the atmosphere from O2 to CO2?

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#5

What about a pipe connected to the exhaust ...

TDaniel

>of a Chevy?

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Re: That was me.

Stuart Johnson

>Al, That might work. Be sure and let us know the results if you give it a try.

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