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Re: Sowbugs under the mulch

1.) Don't mulch.  2.) Get a Duck. My daughter used to have a pet duck and
that bird could eat sow bugs faster than you could count.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

On Thu, 29 May 1997 10:53:11 -0400 Kurt McCullum <KDMcCullum@AOL.COM>
writes:
><< Does anyone know how to control sowbugs who  have come to live
>under my
><< woodchips mulch?  They are eating the plants the mulch is supposed
>to
><< protect...Don't really want to use pesticides.  Any ideas??
><<
><< Heidi in Central CA
><< Who got rid of her gopher but still has a few small problems!
>
>I've got them all over the place. I use a lot of compost and they are
>everywhere in the compost pile. But what I have noticed is that when I
>put
>the compost in the garden they continue to much on it instead of my
>plants.
>They munch on the plants every now and them but the damage is minimal.
>They
>like seedlings and newly sprouted seeds so if you see them curled
>around them
>pick them off.
>
>They like to hide in moist dark places durring the day. If you put a
>board on
>the ground they will hide under it. Just lift it up and kill them once
>a day.
>It won't get rid of all of them but it will limit their numbers.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Kurt McCullum (Glendale, CA Zone 9)
>It was 103 yesturday! Water Water Water Water..........
>
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