Lin Tzong-shyan emphasizes that the rotten meat had to start being put into place when the flower clusters were between five and ten centimeters in size because when they reached this size the blossoming onset was from two to three weeks later, just enough time for the eggs laid by the blowflies to hatch in large numbers.
林宗賢強調，腐肉必須選在花穗抽長 5 到 10 公分時開始放置，因為這時距離開花期約 2 到 3 星期，正好足夠麗蠅產卵孵化，大量繁衍。