Red ford whites aka santa clause springtails #isopods

Red ford whites aka santa clause springtails #isopods10ct young These like it moist. Kinda like the moist yeast growing in your grandma's armpits on a sunny 95 day. I actually use zilla soil for all my springtails. I bake it at 180 for awhile. . Sometimes its 20 mins and sometimes its 4 hrs later when I realize the oven is still on. Either way its still sanitized. For some reason any of the other soils get too muddy like and this soil is chunky (like your mama) and has little wood pieces in it so it

They aren’t a pod that’s just gonna thrive in the beginning

Put it in a dark place for 12 hrs

10ct young and juvie sized

These are slow going

I start dialing down the moisture in Oct and then put them in my cold closet Nov-Feb

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These like high humidity and a ton of rotting wood that they can hide in

2" vent on either sides

These take awhile to get going however are one of the most uniquely colored pods I've seen

Higher humidity and i give them no ventilation because you have to give them slime frequently and i do it daily

I give these a little extra soil because they do like to dig

I've kept them semi moist but not damp with success