Thornes sell them plus a burner, although easy to make a burner of your own. Basically a tin can with holes and lid and bent nail to stick stick doubled over strips.
Cheers Nigel. But is that where you get your stash from
Cheers Nigel. But is that where you get your stash from
cheers Nigel. an insightful post. I will indulge, Thornes says 20 per pack. I suspect 80 was a typo.NigelP wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 16:14Yes, they are the cheapest at around £7 for approx 80 strips.
Also called sulphur wicks, which you will find in home brew shops for sterilising insides of barrels, although these seem quite expensive in comparison at £4.95 for 10 strips.
Be careful as many garden centers/suppliers sell sulphur burners, but these are not the same as they "vaporise" the sulphur and leave a fine coating of sulphur over the surfaces (used in green houses for pest control), they liquify the sulphur and no SO2 is prodcuced....as is the case when you burn the strips.
Be careful to not inhale the gas, it's quite toxic...i.e light blue (in this case yellow) touch paper and stand well back.
I make a stack of supers/brood boxes. Then find an empty brood box to surround the burner which stands on top of the the frames in the top box. You need a tight fitting wooden lid (plastic will get melted as they create quite a bit of heat). Light the strip, add brood box and lid, strap up and leave for an hour or so. Remove brood/lid/burner and add new lid and strap down for winter.