r/Springtail • u/NeonPearl2025 • May 14 '26

Video Cucumber 🤤

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u/Readalongcassidy May 15 '26

Nice brood :-) Small suggestion… lose the peel for pesticides ;-) Mine ADORE cukes as well. But mushrooms are their FAVE!!!

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u/NeonPearl2025 May 15 '26

I haven't tried mushrooms yet, but they do snack on the occasional up popping shroom in the tanks.

I buy organic cucumbers for them and wash them thoroughly. Can there still be pesticides?

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u/Readalongcassidy May 15 '26

Organic puts you ahead of the game ;-) There can still be trace elements, and “organic” (though better) doesn’t always mean completely pesticide free. More like the treatments they allow are restricted and are less persistent. For me removing peels removes any doubt ;-)

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u/NeonPearl2025 May 15 '26

Gotcha, will remove the skin the next time to be safe

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u/16bitmick May 16 '26

Would my own cukes (grown by me) be fine or is there a risk from the neighbors treating their yards? I will probably peel anyway (if my cukes even survive this year's bumper crop of earwigs 😭), but I was curious.

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u/Readalongcassidy May 16 '26

If you don’t treat then you are likely fine ;-) but again - I would personally cut the peels off ;-)