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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: ourdai on April 06, 2009, 12:12:22

Title: Woodlice
Post by: ourdai on April 06, 2009, 12:12:22

My plot is completely overun with woodlice, they took all the roots off my onions, ruined tomatoes and every time I lift a bucket or  a pot there are hundreds of them.
Anybody got any suggestions on how I can at least reduce the numbers.

Title: Re: Woodlice
Post by: OllieC on April 06, 2009, 12:35:08

Get chickens!

In all fairness to the woodlice, they're not normally considered to be a pest. They like decaying vegetation & will shelter in the holes but are very unlikely to be the culprit as far as your onion roots or toms go.

Title: Re: Woodlice
Post by: saddad on April 06, 2009, 12:38:26

Borrow some chickens as ollie says... they love 'em...  ;D

Title: Re: Woodlice
Post by: Eristic on April 06, 2009, 14:03:47

I would be inclined to look elsewhere for your problems. Woodlice will nibble at seedlings but I've never noticed any trouble on healthy growing plants. I think they are a vital part of the allotment ecology spending most of their time hoovering up vegetable detritus.