End of Season

mhancock · Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:05 pm

Living in Michigan the PM's have move on, so my question is do I take the house down or leave it up for the winter and put it back out in April?

Thank you.

Unk Bond · Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:38 pm

Hello
I take the houses down
Keeps the damp winter weather From rotting them with damp moister [ Later

Dave Reynolds · Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:49 am

.. nhancock.. I just took my gourds down, cleaned and put in the shed.. Still have to take down my Gourds and houses at my Satellite Site yet, maybe in another day or too. We had a great year at home and at the Satilite Site.. Yes I so take them down, clean and put in storage for the winter.. Good luck in 2024..

Dave

DeeCee · Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:44 am

How do you clean out the houses? Do you use a damp rag or use bleach?

Martintown33 · Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:05 pm

I just use the water house set on jet spray. I remove all nest material by hand, then I put small pieces of wood about 6 inches long to prop the doors open.. then jet spray the compartments to clean out stuck on poop etc..
Rob

flyin-lowe · Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:49 pm

I always take my houses (t 14's) and gourds down. If you have the place to store them they will just last longer not being exposed to the elements the next 6 months or so. On my T 14's I use nest trays so I just pull them out, dump the nest material out and put them back in. The gourds I will just quickly spray out with a hose.