I have a problem with BSF. It wasn't so much of a problem last year when I had a functioning BSF box to generate usable larvae. When I compost. I want compost. I don't want BSF larvae crawling off with the majority of my compost contained within their wriggly bodies. I know that keeping a pile hot - or at least burying fresh compost in a hot compost would be pretty effective, but that's of lot of work for a lazy cold compost kind of guy. I have been simply burying fresh compost in a dig hole, but that is more work than I'd like. Thanks.
Have you tried spraying your compost with either a soap solution or vinegar?
That would be my first thought of how to rid compost of Black Soldier Fly Larvae. This would be easier than trying to get a hot compost.
Maybe your ratios are needing to be adjusted?
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I'm not sure of your location, so it is hard to target the best remedy for your climate but I will give a shot.
In the spring/summer months where insect populations start appearing, when I add fresh kitchen scraps I make sure to cover it with a layer of browns. Leaf litter, shredded cardboard, or paper. This seems to keep down the bugs for me! Anything that is especially smelly (Meats, oily products, squishy pulpy nastiness) I make sure to make a small hole and in the compost and insert.
Another option would be to literally dig a hole in your garden bed, place the kitchen scraps in it, and then cover the hole to plant the following year.
I'm a lazy gardener too, but there a few things that require an input of effort and that is compost for me.
i was just burying bokashi yesterday and had flies all over the place.
if i were you i'd keep some dirt by the compost and throw a layer over the newest additions (unless you're covering it with browns, as mentioned above).
If you have any crappy, spent soil from old containers, this is a good way to keep it in the cycle.
To look at the bright side, when your compost pile attracts lots of black soldier flies, it could've been infested with house flies instead. BSFL out compete the house fly larvae and make nutritious chicken feed. If you don't want them, the same measures to keep out flies would discourage BSFL too, such as covering the pile with a tarp or burying food scraps deep in the center.
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