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Re: Viola eating insects
Ooops, sorry. Sowbug and pillbugs it is.
When I worked for a local biological supply house, I spent time
maintaining the sowbugs we held for shipping - mostly to schools. We
kept them in dishpans of damp soil covered with sheets of damp
corregated cardboard and fed them on a mixture of ground rabbit food
pellets and chalk - they ate the carboard, too. Also, we collected them
from the wild which may be a method of control (which is more to the
point of the original question!). We laid out damp sheets of the
cardboard overnight where they were seen, then shook them off the
undersides into a pail in the morning. Got paid a penny apiece; didn't
get rich. Enough of sowbugs and other Isopods.
Duncan's perennials are gorgeous - I wish I had more energy. The older I
get, the farther away the ground gets and the heavier the digging. I
appreciate long-lived, non-spreading plants like peonies, Oriental
poppies, and Dictamus the most. What else is in this category which
doesn't need frequent dividing?
Barb P.
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