hardwood?

[fangsalot]

ok,someone told me that the key to successfully keeping many species of millies is hardwood and hardwood leaves.what exactly is hardwood?and can i find hardwood in florida???

 

[zinto]

"Hardwoods are the botanical group of trees that have broad leaves, produce a fruit or nut, and generally go dormant in the winter"

http://www.hardwood.org/species_guide/display_species.asp

 

[dragonfly]

The best wood you can use for millipede's is oak they alsowe need the leafs of this tree for the hardness of there exoskelet.
Sorry for my english.:8o

 

[fangsalot]

hmm i cant think of anything similar here in florida.i was sent a small amount of "hardwood" and it almost looks like those long pieces of mulch people put around gardens.although there is a red version of this mulch,the stuff that was sent to me was a natural wood color.what kind of wood is that mulch?

 

[Voodooschaaf]

U do not have any woods around, huh?
here in Germany it is quite easy to get rotten hardwood, just look around in the woods and here it is.
U need to collect some "deathwood", such stuff u can smush with your fingers when it is wet, if it feels like a sponge this will be allright.
Millies luv this stuff, they eat this and as the posts before mentioned, it is really necessary to keep the millies exosceleton healthy.

"Mulch" as u call it is not so good, because it is made from resinous wood which is not the same as rotten wood, this is not the best choice for millies.
If i would know if it is allowed to ship it to US I would do because I have lots of tons here dried, well packed and in the rotten condition as u need it.

Greez,
Shura and the whole bunch

 

[fangsalot]

www.doubleds.org has oak leaves and bedding for roaches but he sais the bedding is good for things that eat rotten wood,,is this exactly what i need???

 

[Thoth]

Hardwoods are trees like: oak, maple, beech, birch, hickory, sycamore, linden, sweet gum, cherry, apple, ash, osage, willow et c. I know you have many of those growing in florida.

Softwoods are: pine, fir, yew, cedar, cypress, redwood, spruce (basically any evergreen) et c.

 

[LadyBlacksword]

Having frequently visited Fl, I'd suggest the oaks you call "live oaks". Or anything else that has no leaves in winter.......Where in Florida are you?
Murri