From: norsgerm@a...........   
      
   Here is a strange answer.   
   Late in the summer season in northern MN oysters have more insects. But if   
   they are harvested promptly (trading maximum yield for quality) it only   
   takes a brief saline soak to clean them.   
   Dry a buggy mushroom and you won't notice bugs.   
      
   But this is N MN and not africa.   
   I've found pholiotas that are so infested (usually that is the case) with   
   insects that your stomach turns.   
   Kurt   
      
   "Gunilla Fagerholm"  wrote in message   
   news:44bc9c92.4669400@news1.telia.com...   
   > Hi there.   
   > Can anyone give me suggestions how to avoid these uuuugly animals   
   > eating mushrooms?   
   > Slughunting with a torch at night has been tried.   
   > Trying to get them drunk on beer has been tried.   
   > Electrical fence operated on 2 9-volt batteries did not work   
   >   
   > Am trying to suggest solutions for my African friends who are going to   
   > have outdoor oyster mushroom bags.   
   >   
   > It must be cheap since I am talking about rural areas.   
   >   
   > We had a constant fight with the slugs while we were cultivating   
   > mushrooms in Africa.   
   >   
   > Now i remember that we also had to fight  small mosquitos (like banana   
   > flies). We tried decoctions of chrysantemum flowers, teas, planting   
   > tagetes flowers etc. Some strains of pleurotus o. seemed to be more   
   > desirable for the insects than others.   
   >   
   > Any suggestions are welcome - i am sure i will get very strange   
   > answers from some of you people - so just go ahead.   
   > Gunilla   
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