by Jenika Downs | May 29, 2019 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters, Oyster Events
Only ONE more week until the Oyster Pick-up! There was a good deal of fouling growth on my cages this past week. Here is what I did: Actively dunk each cage up and down in the water to remove accumulated silt and sediment.Leave the cages on the dock for about 90...
by Jenika Downs | May 6, 2019 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters, Oyster Events
Oyster Cage Maintenance 5-6-19 to 5-12-19 There was a good deal of fouling growth on my cages this past week. Here is what I did: Actively dunk each cage up and down in the water to remove accumulated silt and sediment.Leave the cages on the dock for about 90 minutes...
by Jenika Downs | Apr 22, 2019 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters, Oyster Events
Oh what a difference a week makes! When I did my cage maintenance on Sunday, I was amazed at how much fouling had occurred since last week. In just a week, the rate of fouling had nearly doubled! Here’s what I did and recommend that you do this week: Actively dunk...
by Jenika Downs | Apr 21, 2019 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters
Water temperatures are rising…. …and with that has arrived the increased growth of fouling organisms on the cages. In the past two weeks, there was more accumulated growth on my cages than the prior three weeks combined! There was also quite a bit of silt and sediment...
by Jenika Downs | Apr 1, 2019 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters
As we mentioned in our last maintenance letter back in December, we promised to begin sending these letters out again in the Spring as the water tempuratures began to rise. This past winter saw some very low temperatures, extreme low tides and a lot of...
by Jenika Downs | Dec 31, 2018 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters
It’s time to put your oysters to bed for the winter! 2018 Year-End Maintenance There are just a few things you need to do to put your oysters to bed for the winter. Give them one last good dunking up and down to wash off any accumulated silt and sediment that may have...
