More active silkworms means hungrier silkworms.
Hungrier silkworms means more leaves needed to feed hungrier silkworms.
More eating of leaves means faster growing silkworms.
Faster growing silkworms means ramping up feeding from two feeds to three feeds a day.
Never feed silkworms wet leaves. Wet leaves can make silkworms sick. In the first instar, the tiny insects may even drown if the leaves are quite wet.
Pesticide free mulberry leaves are a MUST. Feeding silkworms leaves treated with pesticide will kill them.
If a tree is not available close by, freshly picked leaves from a friend or neighbour's tree can be kept in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to a week.
This is what I have done because our mulberry tree is quite small.
When I feed them with leaves from the fridge, I have to wipe them dry because they become quite damp from condensation.
My silkworms seem to prefer younger leaves.
Some leaves they totally ignore. Other leaves they strip bare.
I think they are picky!
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