Oak Leaves

Collected from a pesticide free-area. The leaves are frozen for at least 72 hours to sterilize them. My leaves are never heat-sterilized, as heat sterilization kills all existing fungi and beneficial soil bacteria, resulting in mold outbreaks from random spores in the air after rehydration in your enclosures. Soil bacteria are also important for the gut biome of detritivores, and are crucial to their ability to digest food