[USCC] Fly maggots

[CAVM@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/2007 12:21:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
compost-request at mailman.cloudnet.com writes:

Good  day. Is there any way to stop the millions of fly maggots  from  
devouring all the protein in our compost pile?? Thank you,  Greg.


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Greg,
 
Depending on what you are composting you might find that layering a  more 
finished compost over your windrows for the first few days of the  process will 
allow the putrescent material sought by the flies to be  degraded  before it is 
exposed to them.  By the time you eventually  turn the windrows the 
putrescent material should be well incorporated and  degraded already.
 
Another option is to harvest the fly larvae as a source of additional  
nitrogen/protein.
 
Neal Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc
_www.kentuckyenrichment.com_ (http://www.kentuckyenrichment.com) 
_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com) 



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