Comments on: Looking For DIY BSFL System Plans

By: Phil from Brisbane

Phil from Brisbane — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:08:15 +0000

Did anyone source a design for a DIY Biopod?
Phil

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:06:11 +0000

Thanks Bob!
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By: Bob Packard

Bob Packard — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:19:21 +0000

Hi Bentley: I don’t know much about this subject, so I looked at the BIOPOD site to better understand this. While I don’t have any plans, I did stumble on another bin. It appears to be much less expensive, $149.99. The site is: store.compostguide.com/grub-composting.html. Good Luck.

Bob

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:24:25 +0000

Great Dwayne – thanks for sharing!

Jay – the self-harvesting takes advantage of the fact that at some stage in the larval development (prepupae I think) the BSFL will move up an inclined plane – perhaps something to do with finding a better spot to turn into an adult. I can’t remember exactly.
Anyway, if you put a trough on the other side of the incline the larvae will fall into it, making it very easy to collect them.
Hopefully a serious BSF grower will chime in provide a proper explanation.
🙂

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:02 +0000

Self-harvest? Very curious, but totally unsure what that means

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:28 +0000

Bentley
I don’t have any plans but we have been discussing the BSF on my blog:
http://organicworm.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/bsf-black-soldier-fly-maggots/
and on vermicomposters.com in the group for BSF:http://vermicomposters.ning.com/group/BSF

Your readers can see this thread on the site too:
http://vermicomposters.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2094123%3ATopic%3A5008

I certainly have plenty of the BSF and have come to accept them over time. They have not taken over my bins as I feared in the beginning.

Dwayne