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No, the other option is to store your stuff in airtight jars. Though frankly, we just leave big bags of rice out, open, in a kitchen in California, and weevils
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
No, the other option is to store your stuff in airtight jars.
Though frankly, we just leave big bags of rice out, open, in a kitchen in California, and weevils have never infested it.
- dredmorbius 2y agoGrain pests (worms, moths, etc.) are often in the packaged goods at the store, and once introduced to your home are all but impossible to exterminate. Airtight jars will only contain the pests within a single jar, not avoid them entirely. If you're buying grain in large quantities, you can freeze it (in batches if necessary) for a day or so, after which you can keep it in those airtight jars. Large-scale de-pesting can be done with dry ice (floods the container with CO2 gas, asphixiating pests. US-domestic / EU-domestic goods are generally fairly reliably moth-free. I've had issues with imported products from elsewhere.