How do you clean a giant net Cylinder

[CoolMantid]

Its 4 ft tall amd wont fit in a washing machine. What do you guys do?????

 

[happy1892]

You might not need to wash it. I do not know.

 

[CoolMantid]

It has mud all over it

 

[brancsikia339]

Maybe you could hose it down

 

[CoolMantid]

I wll try

 

[hibiscusmile]

lay it on a picnic table, take a scrub brush or big sponge, use dish liquid by squirting it around on the net and scrub a bit, then rinse with hose. dont worry about the soap on the table the brush will gather it all up.

 

[Bryce08]

lay it on a picnic table, take a scrub brush or big sponge, use dish liquid by squirting it around on the net and scrub a bit, then rinse with hose. dont worry about the soap on the table the brush will gather it all up.

this is almost exactly what i did with mine which is 27x27x48...and worked great...somewhat of a pain though lol

 

[Termite48]

I place mine in the driveway where it does not matter what gets wet or splattered. I tunn on my hose nozzle to the jet mode and after shaking all the loose stuff out, I jet it inside and into a corner of the inside where it can then be shaken out. The outside it easy. You can use a little soapy water with bleach if you are worrried about bacteria. Then after all that hang it up outside in the sun (if you are lucky to have some of that) This will purify it if your home town is not Pittsburgh.

 

[CoolMantid]

We have sun. In fact it was really hot today. So everything you guys said worked. It is now clean and drying in the sun

THANKS

 

[hibiscusmile]

oh, Hibisky no like lots of sun :{ but good for drying!

 

[CoolMantid]

I went biking and it was WAY to hot for a jacket

 

[angelofdeathzz]

I get all the loose fly/feeder parts out then place it in the spare shower spay it with hot water, then spray it with bleach water and let it sit for 10 min, then rinse very well with warm/hot water til I smell no beach, let dry and it's like new again. works great!

 

[CoolMantid]

That a great idea. I might clean it again because it still has hardened mud on it

 

[hibiscusmile]

How did it get mud on it?

 

[CoolMantid]

Well when I was raising monarchs outside it got a little muddy. I wish my Monarhcs would come sooner. They come in Summer. They were so FUN!

 

[Bryce08]

Well when I was raising monarchs outside it got a little muddy. I wish my Monarhcs would come sooner. They come in Summer. They were so FUN!

Man you and Alex have me all excited about butterflies and moths this year

 

[CoolMantid]

Man you and Alex have me all excited about butterflies and moths this year

I raised 50 monarchs last year and hope to get more this year. You should try butterflies or moths. They are beautiful and fun! I also have some moth cocoons

 

[sporeworld]

(Off the original topic, but)

Where did you get your Monarchs originally...? Any problems with Milkweed - allergies, reactions, that sort of thing?

I've wanted to grow some milkweed and do a generation each year to help populations. Any suggestions...?

 

[CoolMantid]

I bought my milkweed from my Local Garden Center. I actually bought like 9 fullgrown plants and I get many monarchs from them.

There is no real problem with milkweeds. They just attract A LOT of aphids

Since you are in California, I can ship you some if you like. I will PM you