Potting Soil?

Many breeders recommend potting soil or garden soil for your crickets egg laying medium. We have found that many of the potting soil has pesticides that will kill your crickets. Or the soil is full of molds and fungi that with water and heat can quickly kill your cricket eggs. For store bought soil we recommend boiling the soil in water to kill all the mold and fungi. But this doesn't always eliminate the pesticides. Garden soil can be even more dangerous. I f you don't know your soils history, it can also be full of pesticides that will kill your crickets. Often times garden soil is full of other insects eggs. So you could spend a lot of time nurturing you cricket eggs just to find that you have incubated spider or earwig eggs. The best bet is to read our previous post about egg laying medium. It is better to spend a little money in the beginning to ensure you have a healthy first generation of crickets.