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How to raise oil gourd

First of all, the bugs, black bugs with cans, gourds mainly, no matter what kind of bugs, need to smash the bottom of the soil. Worms smash the bottom of the purpose of the pursuit of the natural environment for the growth of blackworms, so that it is comfortable to smash the bottom of two kinds of flat bottom and sloping bottom, the slope of about 30 ° or so, the slope is said to be more pleasing to the ears of the insects to make the song, has yet to be experienced. Because the black bugs prefer to survive in the cool stone cracks, so with the above two kinds of utensils to raise, with the cool clay bottom, and the natural environment similarity is high, have to marvel at the wisdom of the ancients. Bugs chirping or not lies in its mood, happy mood, comfortable environment, chirping sound, frequency will be due to the living environment and change, there are my research as evidence.

Hulu, dun, also known as sitting, can be smashed from the buyer's bottom, the cost is not known, there are differences, it is said that the southern masters will smash the bottom of the gourd is not much, from a technical point of view than to the bottom of the can smashing difficult. Because the gourd is a natural product, artificial control of its density, thickness, shape have a certain degree of difficulty, so the material absorbency and permeability vary, affecting the bottom of the smashing soil moisture and raw material ratios, the cost of practicing is also high, may be nowadays some of the reasons for the loss of tradition.

The same insect in the gourd, the chances of barking is not as high as the frequency of barking in the jar, and in the gourd insects, often jumping up and down at night, not very calm, not to mention the long and slow bug song. Gourds are a pain to clean, requiring the use of a small brush with water to clean the inside and tweezers to pull out black bug feces and food scraps. Gourd must be cleaned every day, because where there is water and food debris, there must be bacteria, water, insects rot claws, disease, water is not consistent with the survival of the bugs environment. But the water can not be brushed every day, so it is recommended that no matter what kind of bugs with which to dry cans of fresh food, food to find humidity, this method is appropriate, but also recognized by the Tianjin players