Chicago, silkworms, mulberry leaves..

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i want to raise silkworms for feeders. But seems they eat quite a bit and the chow is not cheap.

I have at least half a dozen mulberry trees growing next to me.

1. How to treat leaves before feeding as to not introduce bad stuff?
2. How can I store/prepare/dry the leaves in the fall for the winter?
 
During the summer I just wash the leaves with warm tap water, but I'm not worried about pesticides because they're my trees! For winter leaves you can blanch and then freeze them, I think this is a big pain and I would rather pay for and use the chow!
You can do a search on this forum to learn about various ways to preserve mulberry leaves for the long and short term.
 
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bobcochran said:
During the summer I just wash the leaves with warm tap water, but I'm not worried about pesticides because they're my trees! For winter leaves you can blanch and then freeze them, I think this is a big pain and I would rather pay for and use the chow!
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Try steaming them?
Doesn't sound like a pain. If the water is drawn out of them during the freeze do the worms still eat them? Or do you crush them and add water for a paste?

Also, do you add any calcium too the food? Our use other things to gut load? Carrot?
 
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I did but most pointed to an article that the pdf link was expired.

Thanks for the info you have anyway.
 
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