Sowbugs and Pill bugs (was: Viola eating insects)

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Sowbugs and Pill bugs (was: Viola eating insects)
• From: n*@ucsd.edu (Nan Sterman)
• Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:24:04 -0800

>It may or may not be sowbugs on the violas; I sort of doubt it. I've
>done a little surfing (I swear you can find anything on the web) and
>found that they primarily eat decaying vegetation. Also found this:
>
This seems to be a prevailing myth, if you come to my Southern California
garden, I can show you plants that have been "taken out" by pill bugs and
sow bugs.  I'm talking large, established herbaceous plants such as the sea
poppy flavum glaucium, regular old tomato plants, eggplants, plants in the
squash family, and others.  These little guys LOVE live plants.  Maybe they
don't in other parts of the country, but from Santa Barbara south to San
Diego, they are live plant eaters!

Nan

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Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
Olivenhain, California
Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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         If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
         If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
         If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
         If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener 


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