So my battle with mites is pretty much over. I haven't seen any of the little beasties in a long time, but I'm continuing the treatments for at least a couple more weeks. Now I'm moving on to prevention.

I like cypress mulch in the tubs, but now I'm really hesitant to go for that again since that's where they came from. I know there are ways to treat it to kill any possible mites, but I'm not partial to putting non-food items in my oven. I was considering taking a piece of no pest strip and attaching it to the top of a secure locking tub, then storing the substrate in there out in the garage. Then before use I'd air it out really well and use it. Do you think that would work or is it a terrible idea that I should scrap?